Those who know me know that I have never been much into cooking. I don't mind baking...but cooking I have never really done. Partly because I am an incredibly picky eater. I could live off of fruit, whole wheat pasta, parmesan, salads and of course chocolate. And partly because I am a vegetarian and a lot of cooking quite frankly does not appeal to me. However the past week I tried four new dishes for Kevin. I love Rachael Ray and love her cooking style. Simple, Fun, Easy. So I tried four of her recipes and cut the portions in half since I would not be eating them. Kevin had a good week of dinners and loved them all (or at least he claimed too). Here is what was on the menu this week.
Nacho Pizza Bread:
I also baked some chocolate chip cookie dough surprise cupcakes. Lesson learned from those? Use baking cups! And you can use about 100ml of skim milk and a tablespoon of flour to substitute an egg. They turn out way more moist this way!
In order to do all this I had to use my time wisely. I would chop, measure and prepare all the ingredients during Isabelle's afternoon nap so that all I had to do was throw them together. I did not want her just sitting around watching me cook so I tried to get it all done (besides the actually cooking) while she was sleeping! I also learned some things as well.
**Cooking is fun but can get pricey buying so many ingredients**
**Oil and water most definitely do not mix**
**If a recipe calls for garlic cloves it is much easier to use a fine grater on the cloves then cut them**
**I still do NOT like cooking meat, but will probably have to learn to for Isabelle's sake**
**If a recipe calls for salt, leave it out. There is enough salt in the foods anyway without adding more**
Thank you Rachael Ray for inspiring my week of cooking!! Hopefully I can at least make one new recipe a week!
And what would be a blog without pictures of Isabelle?
