If anyone knows me, this is going to come as a huge shocker... I love, love, love to cook!!! I love coming home after work and cooking dinner, trying to make random things towards the end of the month because we've spent all our money on fun stuff or put it in a savings account where we can't touch it... it's just really fun!
I have finally found my morning routine that I like and I don't plan on changing it anytime soon. I wake up, taking Kelly outside to go potty, feed her, take a shower, go downstairs, turn the news on and do my make up while watching the news. I have recently become a major fan of KATU channel 2 news. Not really because of their news reporting (the morning show is alot more entertaining than the evening news) because as we all know, the news doesn't tell the WHOLE truth. Working in politics, I've come to realize that half the things they report are overly dramatic that it's no longer the truth, but rather a big fat lie. That's besides the point. I have become a fan of KATU morning news because they have fun giveaways and to win you have to be their friend on facebook so I have become their friend on facebook and sadly I will admit that I try to win their giveaways.
This week's giveaway was a Jamie Oliver Cookbook!! Now, I'm not sure who Jamie Oliver actually is but the cookbook sounded fun. So all week I've been getting up just a little bit earlier than normal to try and win the cookbook. The giveaway starts at 6:30 am every morning and that's usually when I'm upstairs finishing straightening my hair. So, I've been up and ready and trying really hard to win this cookbook. I came close this morning, but no such luck... I lost. Tomorrow is the last day to try and win and believe me, I am going to try!
So back to my cooking stories. Although I love to cook, I'm still not all that good and I'm working on trying to time everything just right so its all ready at the same time. Last night was pefect! I made my own beef stroganof, fried my corn (instead of following the instructions on the bag) and made some Texas toast. It all finished up at the same time and it turned out pretty well. I will admit that I made a couple mistakes. The main one being, I forgot to drain the fat from the hamburger after I had browned the meat (oops)! But it's one of those lessons where next time, I'll remember! Another mistake... Make sure you have ALL the ingredients before you start making it... Half way through, I realized we were out of milk which I needed for my stroganof.
All in all, it turned out really well and Mike loved it so that's the important part. =)
I love cooking for him! Sometimes he even helps me in the kitchen, which I love even more than cooking for him. Somehow we seem to have a lot of fun together in the kitchen coming up with new recipe's or trying to remember how to make certain dishes we saw on the food network. I also love when we set off the smoke detectors (it happens almost daily now). We can't figure out why they go off. It's not smokey in the house and nothing burns. Whenever we turn the oven on, they go off. I wonder if the neighbors think "poor mike"??
Anyway to wrap things up, I love cooking. I am really wanting to go buy a cookbook this week and just start at the beginning and cook all the recipe's in it. An expensive task at hand I'm sure but I am eager and ready to take it on!
Have you watched Julie & Julia? Cooking through a cookbook reminded me of that. I fell asleep in it, but I intend to watch it again (the whole thing)! Glad you're having fun cooking! =)
ReplyDeleteYes, Jules... Mike and I both watched Julie and Julia. We loved it! I would love to try what Julie did but I don't think my budget could afford it. It does sound like fun though!
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