It goes as far back as I can remember. I was babysitting one time and remember the mom asking me to start macaroni and cheese for the kids for dinner while she finished getting ready. Five minutes later, she came out to make sure I found the box and pot... and found that not only did I find the box and pot, but I had dumped the noodles into the COLD water... who knew you were suppose to let the water boil first!
*So Matt's question after reading ^that^ paragraph:
"You didn't read the directions on the box?"
My response:
"They put the directions for mac and cheese on the box?!?! I thought people just knew how to make it!"
Obviously, not.
As if this wasn't indication enough, I've often times made things like chicken alfredo and forgot to buy chicken... I figured they put that in with the noodles or sauce... somewhere!
And not to downplay my individual cooking skills and call someone else out, but a few years ago, Brittany and I wanted to make fried rice. It only took us about ten minutes and when we were done, it was crunchy!! What did we do wrong? Well, we didn't know you have to steam (you know, like cook!) the rice first.
So! I have decided that since I have a Bachelors Degree in teaching, the next step is to learn how to cook! Also because although hotdogs are my first love, I probably shouldn't feed them to my kids and future family for three meals a day...
Step 1: Buy a cookbook. Check!
Step 2: Find Recipes to add to cookbook. In Progress...
You should totally send me your favorite recipe. No hotdog recipes though. I have that down to an art.
Step 3: Experiment. Check!
So Kathryn and David went out of town for David's brother's wedding. So I got to dog sit and be closer to work. It was like having my own apartment all over for five days!
Matt decided to come down Sunday night for a couple hours and have dinner with me! I told him I would cook. He told me we could cook together. So our adventure began! I looked up a recipe for Quesadillas (which when you ask Matt to spell that out loud you get "Q-E-S-D-A-L-L-I-S... no wait... and then he spells it the exact same way...again... oh boy!)
*So Wahla! I made these buffalo chicken and bacon Quesadillas! And have no horror stories! They were delicious!
Here is my messy cooking space. I look for real right?! I seasoned the chicken with some of Kat's Greek season-all stuff... and it was delicious! Matt informed me later that Quesadillas are not Greek... at least I added seasoning though...
There is a light on the top of my maker that tells me when they are done! I truly believe they do this for people like me who have self-diagnosed ADHD and keep lifting the top every 5 seconds...
All I needed was to go pick a small green leaf out of the yard and add it to the middle on top of the sour cream and picante!: ) What wonderful presentation!
Step 4: Take Private Cooking Lessons. In Progress...
Matt's Mom is going to help me out here : ) More to come later!
Small bit of Happiness: Lime Kool-Aid and Clean Windshields
****Update****
Step 5: Buy a cute cook apron to cook in. Check!
Carolina Pottery is my absolute new favorite place!!!! I LOVE my new apron! I think this is what I needed to officially start my cooking lessons!!
