I burned a bagel while trying to figure out how my coffemaker works. I think I may have bit off more than I can chew. Which is pathetic, since I have worked in a cafe for two years that specializes specifically in bagels and coffee.
FAIL.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
The Training Wheels are Off, Everyone!
Well, the moment we've all been waiting for is here. I have officially moved into my apartment and from now on, all meals are 100 percent up to me to figure out. Mommy isn't going to hold my hand or cook me a grilled cheese, nor am I going to wimp out and crawl over to the dining hall to have some high-fat food cooked for me. No sir. I am ready to rock, and after my first grocery trip I am just itchin to get in the kitchen.
Tonight, I didn't even use a recipe. I cooked up some ziti, then sauteed some mushrooms, green peppers, tomatoes, and spinach in olive oil. I put some tomato basil sauce in the microwave, tossed it all together in a bowl, and voila! Bri cooks her first successful meal without a recipe book.
I also went through my cookbook tonight armed with some stickie notes and marked off recipes that I want to try in the future. The hard thing is that this cookbook has a lot of really unique recipes, but sometimes the ingredients are so unique that there is no possible way I would use them in anything but that recipe. For a poor college student, money is everything, and I'm not about to spend unnecessary money on pine nuts, just so I can make one risotto dinner.
Time to go to bed before the first day of classes, but I'm sure there will be plenty of other adventures in the future!
Tonight, I didn't even use a recipe. I cooked up some ziti, then sauteed some mushrooms, green peppers, tomatoes, and spinach in olive oil. I put some tomato basil sauce in the microwave, tossed it all together in a bowl, and voila! Bri cooks her first successful meal without a recipe book.
I also went through my cookbook tonight armed with some stickie notes and marked off recipes that I want to try in the future. The hard thing is that this cookbook has a lot of really unique recipes, but sometimes the ingredients are so unique that there is no possible way I would use them in anything but that recipe. For a poor college student, money is everything, and I'm not about to spend unnecessary money on pine nuts, just so I can make one risotto dinner.
Time to go to bed before the first day of classes, but I'm sure there will be plenty of other adventures in the future!
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