Day 344: Cooking II

Sometimes I wish my camera could capture smells. Can't go wrong with olive oil, garlic, and onion!

Day 256: Cooking

I love it when Tim cooks dinner.

Day 242: Redemption

Remember how I said I accidentally made some pastry dough while attempting to make cupcakes? That wasn't an exaggeration. I absentmindedly started mixing butter and flour instead of butter and sugar for several minutes before I realized my mistake. I almost threw the whole thing in the trash, but then I realized if I added some more flour I could make pastry dough, so I went for it and stuck it in the fridge for later. My baking redemption came in the form of some very mediocre cheese straws.

Day 241: Cupcake II

Here's the story of the cupcakes. My mom and I made cupcakes from scratch several weeks ago, so I could practice the recipe and make them for Tim's birthday in Okinawa. They were absolutely delicious - better than any cupcakes I've ever had. And really easy to make. Fast forward to last night, when I finally got all my ingredients together and was ready to give it a go. After a few missteps (including accidentally making some pastry dough), I made some very pretty cupcakes. Which tasted AWFUL. Not sure where I went wrong, but they are terrible. Tim put on a brave face and said how good they were. Then I tried one and told him he didn't have to lie. "You're a cook, not a baker," he said. Too true.

Day 221: Cupcake

Cupcakes. From SCRATCH. That's right.

Day 183: Soup

I made chickpea noodle soup again, one of my new favorite recipes. You can basically throw anything in it and it's always a little different. I realize looking at the photos now that it doesn't look as appetizing as I thought it would - but that's only because you can't smell the photo.

P.S. Day 183 x 2 = 366 = I'm officially halfway through my project!

Day 133: Dinner II

Turkey burger on wheat bun, pepperjack cheese, spinach, red onion. YES.

P.S. Thanks, everyone, for the sweet comments yesterday!

Day 131: Dinner

I have been in love with Chicken Voilà since college. Now Tim is in love with it too.

Day 99: Kitchen

It was either this, or a photo of the blood splatter all over the kitchen. A Marine came by today to randomly deliver a new refrigerator and ended up slicing his finger open and bleeding everywhere. He had to go get stitches. But on the plus side, new fridge, so... All in all, a mixed day.

Day 88: Improvising

Here in the BOQ, our kitchen supplies are nothing to write home about. Our saucepan happens not to have a lid, so when I need to cover something while cooking, I use a cookie sheet. Tonight, in an unprecedented turn of events, I needed the cookie sheet for both stovetop cooking and baking. At a loss, I turned over an oversized Pyrex bowl on top of my pan. Voilà!