Dinner at My House
Stillwater, OK
So, let me start off by saying I hate to write and I most definitely hate to write about personal stuff! I am not very good at writing. So, please bear with me on all the grammatical errors and misspellings. :) I really want to start sharing a little bit about me and my life on this blog so you all feel like you know a little bit about me. I had no idea where to start until this evening... I tried to cook dinner again.
It turned out like most nights. I start out with all these new recipes, or more like ideas, of what I want and end up with a disaster! I usually end up with edible food on the table (thank goodness) but it is most definitely not what I intended from the get go. :) Let me just share with you an example from this evening.
So, a little background...
A good friend of mine usually comes over for dinner once a week and she is a great cook. She loves to follow recipes though, which I totally struggle with. You would think it would be easy but it is not! So, I decided I would cook something that she had taught me a few months ago. I have done it with success before but with her help. We got these recipes from the Pioneer Woman Cookbook, which I highly recommend. It even has step by step pictures. I can almost follow a recipe with pictures! :)
Anyways... I decided I would try twice baked potatoes.
Above are the twice baked potatoes I was supposed to make. Ooops! Something went completely wrong. I like to think I created something new. I tried to finish them but they were super super chunky. I thought I overcooked them but soon found out they were just not cooked long enough. Can you tell I have not been cooking long?
I would like to call these twice baked chunky mashed potatoes! :)
In the meantime, I threw in some taco and ranch seasoning with sour cream. I wanted something to snack on so I could pregame my dinner. :) It actually tasted pretty good.
I ended up throwing the chunky mashed potatoes in the oven one more time thinking that would make things better...not quite. I did try Ranch, pecan and crushed crackers on my chicken. I thought that was pretty good. So some of my concoctions sometimes turn out but it is definitely rare!
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Looks are definitely deceiving...as my wonderful friends and husband soon found out!
At least I tried to cook. It was not all lost. So, if you have any good kid friendly recipes, I would love to try them out! :) Thanks so much!
