Recipes

So, I may be a day late, but not a dollar short. I have been extremely sick, but I have done what I said I would do, and I have tried at least one new recipe a week. I just haven't blogged about them...

The first recipe I tried, I sent to work with Dustin for dinner. It was a pork chop with orange glaze, made from fresh oranges. Sounds delish, right? He said it was one of the most awful things he's ever eaten. I felt so terrible, I crumpled up the magazine page and tossed it right into the trash. That's one mistake -I mean, recpie- I'll never make again!

Today, I tried "Cashew Cookies". The peanut gallery (obviously, Dustin and Laila) gave it 3 1/2 stars out of 5. In the process of making them, I learned a few things about myself. Now, it's nothing astounding, but at least worth sharing.

1) I think cashews are nasty, and they taste and smell, to me, like bad fish. Therefor, I did not taste the finished cookie. However, if I do say so myself, the icing is divine. (No, I'm still not sure why the cashew cookie was iced, but I didn't write the recipe).

2) I absolutely love the smell of melted butter on the stovetop. So much, in fact, that I wish they made a candle with that scent. I'd love my home to smell like melted butter all the time.

3) I can set and change my microwave timer wearing an oven mitt. Yes, I'm pretty impressed myself.

So, now I have 4 dozen iced cashew cookies and a family that hardly eats sweets. Good thing there's a playdate tomorrow morning!