Ok, so I know it has been a while since I posted my introduction, but I've been busy and haven't actually cooked much since then. I did say I was "trying", after all. I think the only thing I cooked was pizza, but that was ready-made crusts and sauce, so all I did was put stuff on them, lol.
But, I did cook dinner tonight: Chicken Alfredo with Farfalle pasta. I used jarred Alfredo sauce (Bertolli Mushroom Alfredo) and added to it. I sauteed onions (medium chunks, I guess) and 2 cloves of garlic, minced, in butter. I also added a partial small can of Publix mushrooms that were left over from making pizza the other night and the two jars of sauce. There wasn't quite enough garlic flavor in the sauce at this point so I added some garlic powder and onion powder. I cubed 3 chicken breasts and put some salt and pepper on them and cooked them in a pan in some olive oil until they were done. Then, I dumped them in the sauce. I boiled about a half a box of mini Farfalle pasta (because the mini ones are easier for my 2 year old to eat) in salted water. I also took some French rolls out of the freezer and put them in the oven.
The sauce was REALLY good, and even though it was from a jar, I still count it as cooking because I did add to it.
I've got some small steaks on the counter (gasp!) thawing for tonight....I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them since I don't have any marinade (I found an AWESOME marinade for steaks...Stubb's Steakhouse marinade....not that I could marinade them now anyway since they are still frozen). I may just wrap some bacon around them and lightly season them. Speaking of bacon....I need to take that out of the freezer, too!
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Why
This blog is going to be about my new adventure with cooking. My whole life I have convinced myself that I couldn't cook. Yeah, if it came out of a box I could follow the instructions and make it. And on a few occasions I got a wild hair and made something from a recipe. But, if the instructions said it should take a half an hour, you could safely bet that it would take me at least an hour or more. I wasn't able to multitask when it came to cooking either. Inevitably, something would get burned.
But, I have been trying to cook lately. I don't know exactly what brought about this change, but I think it has something to do with my children. Well, I'm sure it has something to do with my children, and specifically at this point, my (at the time of this writing) 2 year old. I'm tired of feeding him total crap (figuratively speaking, I don't actually let him eat feces), and the only way to not feed him total crap is to actually cook something. Now, don't get me wrong, he still gets total crap, mostly for lunch when he is not at day care. But, I'm trying to make it so that isn't ALL he gets. Right now my second son is only 3 months, so he doesn't really care what is made for dinner as his still comes from the boob.
Anyway, my point in starting this blog is really as a place that I can brag about the meals that I cook. Yup, I am here to brag. And maybe inspire someone else who thinks they can't cook. I will try my best to write a new post every time I cook something that isn't from a box....or at least isn't entirely from a box; side dishes will still occasionally be total crap. But not always....
Oh, and I'm sure I'll gush about something new my boys have done or some cute thing they said, too. What mom is able to keep from talking about their kids?
And I'm sorry, but I can't post about dinner tonight, as my husband made dinner...from a box. But he did add some stuff to it: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (the dinner type with the creamy cheese, not the neon powder stuff) with onions and ham. I could post what I cooked last night, but I'm tired (what? I have a 3 month old, I'm allowed to be tired at 9pm). But I promise to write a new blog post tomorrow about what I made last night because it was really yummy!
But, I have been trying to cook lately. I don't know exactly what brought about this change, but I think it has something to do with my children. Well, I'm sure it has something to do with my children, and specifically at this point, my (at the time of this writing) 2 year old. I'm tired of feeding him total crap (figuratively speaking, I don't actually let him eat feces), and the only way to not feed him total crap is to actually cook something. Now, don't get me wrong, he still gets total crap, mostly for lunch when he is not at day care. But, I'm trying to make it so that isn't ALL he gets. Right now my second son is only 3 months, so he doesn't really care what is made for dinner as his still comes from the boob.
Anyway, my point in starting this blog is really as a place that I can brag about the meals that I cook. Yup, I am here to brag. And maybe inspire someone else who thinks they can't cook. I will try my best to write a new post every time I cook something that isn't from a box....or at least isn't entirely from a box; side dishes will still occasionally be total crap. But not always....
Oh, and I'm sure I'll gush about something new my boys have done or some cute thing they said, too. What mom is able to keep from talking about their kids?
And I'm sorry, but I can't post about dinner tonight, as my husband made dinner...from a box. But he did add some stuff to it: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (the dinner type with the creamy cheese, not the neon powder stuff) with onions and ham. I could post what I cooked last night, but I'm tired (what? I have a 3 month old, I'm allowed to be tired at 9pm). But I promise to write a new blog post tomorrow about what I made last night because it was really yummy!
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