After spending the last week going out to dinner with family and friends to celebrate my birthday, and then eating leftovers from those trips, my fridge was finally empty, and it was time to cook again. I found a recipe at RealSimple.com for Fiery “Fried” Chicken. I love spicy food, and this seemed easy enough… [Read more…]
July 21, 2010
On the way home from grad school today, I had to decide what to do for dinner. My dinner plans were canceled due to my friend’s migraine. Although this was not the end of the world by any means, it did mean that I had to swing by the grocery store on the way home… [Read more…]
July 18, 2010
Tomorrow is my turn to bring snacks to my grad class. At first I was thinking about going healthy with the snack, but the one day that all the snack food was healthy I overheard some of the ladies in my class say that they would love nothing more than chocolate, so why not give… [Read more…]
July 13, 2010
Last night I made my first attempt to cook. I decided to try a homemade macaroni and cheese because of two different reasons. I figured it’d be hard to screw it up too badly, and I had helped my friend make it about a month ago. Our first attempt to make this dish went well,… [Read more…]
July 11, 2010
I think I have realized the reason why so many people choose not to cook homemade meals and instead go for the boxed dinners and Lean Cuisines…cookbooks are incredibly intimidating! I have been trying to figure out where to start with my quest to learn how to cook and I am almost ready to quit… [Read more…]
July 9, 2010
Yesterday, I was invited to my friend Linda’s for swimming and margaritas…who could say no. Linda served us some of the best margaritas I had ever tasted (to be fair it was hot and we had just finished working out…so that might have affected my opinion). I was amazed to find out how easy they… [Read more…]
July 8, 2010
I realized at the beginning of this summer that although my mom prepared me for life in many way, and I cannot thank her enough for those, she has failed me in one. I cannot cook. Sure, I can follow a general recipe, but the outcome is nothing to brag about. At the beginning of… [Read more…]
July 28, 2010
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