Miryam, my Little Miss, has just turned six! She is a never-ending source of entertainment and love. Behold, her past year in quotations….
Tag: cooking
Buy More Veggies
Let me humbly begin by mentioning that I just used up some extra homemade cream cheese frosting that’s been in the fridge for five days by squirting it onto chocolate teddy grahams and basically making epic makeshift mini oreos. #lifehack
Anyway, back to the subject at hand: vegetables!
Well, actually, first, I need to talk about candy for a second. When I was first married, with no employment except catching up on Dexter and learning how to meal plan and cook, I finally gained the “freshman fifteen” that I had managed to avoid in college. Darn. Sugar is a weakness for me. I quickly learned that it’s WAY easier to not buy candy at the store, than to buy it and then mete it out in moderate portions at appropriate intervals at home. So, I made myself a rule….
“how to cut celery”
Wherein, as a bonus, I showcase some of the yummy stuff I’ve cooked so far this year.
When I first got married, I was extremely unconfident in the kitchen. I don’t say incompetent, because given a decent recipe and enough space and time, I could make good food. However, I was nervous about every step, so I read each one at least twice, worked painfully slowly and only by the book, and I could not handle the imagined pressure and judgment of another person observing me while I tried to cook.
The first time I cooked dinner for Justin, early in our dating, I may have yelled at him to get out of the kitchen….