Cooking
I had great intentions tonight to become a "real" blogger by beginning to write about my culinary adventures. While inspired by "Julie & Julia," it wouldn't be nearly as intense, nor would it be focused on the cookbook of one person.
However, I suppose this is going to be in and of itself my first cooking entry because I am about to lodge into a complaint about tonight's dinner disaster....
I chose a recipe yesterday from my quite extensive arsenal of kitchen delights. It sounded promising and looked delicious in the photograph. The recipe is called Orange Pork Sauté. Thinking that the sauce would be somewhat reminiscent of the sauce on the crispy orange chicken at Applebees, I thought this was worth a try. During preparation, everything was smelling wonderful! I couldn't wait for Scott to get home so we could try it. Unfortunately, its taste was nothing to be desired. It was AWFUL! Few things are as frustrating as taking the time to prepare a dinner (& trying something new) only to have it not work out as you planned.
Scott added worsteshire sauce to his & I rinsed off the rest of the pork & he ate it with worsteshire sauce. I had tortilla chips with salsa con queso. The good news is that I also made cheesecake for the first time, and while I didn't eat any since I had a less than healthy dinner, Scott said it was "Awesome." Perhaps ill blog about that & share the recipe tomorrow. For now, it's off to bed.
However, I suppose this is going to be in and of itself my first cooking entry because I am about to lodge into a complaint about tonight's dinner disaster....
I chose a recipe yesterday from my quite extensive arsenal of kitchen delights. It sounded promising and looked delicious in the photograph. The recipe is called Orange Pork Sauté. Thinking that the sauce would be somewhat reminiscent of the sauce on the crispy orange chicken at Applebees, I thought this was worth a try. During preparation, everything was smelling wonderful! I couldn't wait for Scott to get home so we could try it. Unfortunately, its taste was nothing to be desired. It was AWFUL! Few things are as frustrating as taking the time to prepare a dinner (& trying something new) only to have it not work out as you planned.
Scott added worsteshire sauce to his & I rinsed off the rest of the pork & he ate it with worsteshire sauce. I had tortilla chips with salsa con queso. The good news is that I also made cheesecake for the first time, and while I didn't eat any since I had a less than healthy dinner, Scott said it was "Awesome." Perhaps ill blog about that & share the recipe tomorrow. For now, it's off to bed.