The Cook in this family
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Despite this entry, we really don’t eat out that much. Eating out was on my mind since we spent December without a kitchen.
The cook in this family is JOE. I’ll say, “let’s grab a chicken cheesesteak!” and he’ll say, “let’s MAKE a chicken cheesesteak!” And then he does it. And it is good.
Joe makes his own pizza dough. And spaghetti sauce. And he puts together delicious burritos. For breakfast, he makes oatmeal (the kind you soak overnight) and “breakfast drink”. On weekends, we’ll have waffles and pancakes. For New Year’s Day, we had Hoppin’ John (and it was excellent).
Now we have a great new kitchen– with a working dishwasher and a 30-inch stove. And I’m not working. I am feeling an obligation to provide a meal every once in a while! Not so easy for someone who never learned how to cook! I do try to cook sometimes, and can follow recipes, so I’m not a complete dunce in the kitchen, but I am so slow about it– it just isn’t instinctual! I do not want to raise my daughter to be afraid to cook, like her mom. And I don’t want to be afraid to cook anymore!
Right now, I am brining a chicken. An entire chicken! The first time I ever cooked an entire chicken was last week. And you know what? It wasn’t bad! I even saved the carcass to make broth! And you know what? The broth was so much better than the boxed broth we usually use. Joe used the leftover chicken to make burritos. Yummy.
I’m also going to make vegan mashed potatoes. Miss Lilia has been denied mashed potatoes due to her dairy allergy, but tonight she will have some with Smart Balance and Rice Milk. (I believe it will taste better than it sounds!)
I should have eaten a bigger lunch. This post is making me hungry!
Here is a picture of Lilia, in her “piggies” (favorite pajamas), eating one of Daddy’s Burrito creations:
