Cooking frenzy

This year I decided I'd gone most of my life not making any resolutions in the first place.. and those years I picked on the hype and made some.. I pretty much forgot them the next day. Seeing that I was climbing the ladder on the years in my thirties, I had to get more serious about life and get over the whole take it as it comes approach.

So with all seriousness I asked myself what is the one thing I suck at (apart from singing, dancing, walking in heels, playing any instrument, knowing another language, etc... ) and that was... Cooking and baking! And that was my resolution.. learning to cook and bake.

I usually avoid posting my major fiasco.. but today I realized that we're through the first quarter of 2015 already and I have not made any headway at all into this area.. so here goes...

Right after the triple choc nut muffins (which weren't that bad imo), whose success kinda got to my head, I made these brownies.. and went on a youtube journey... and burnt them! but.. turned out.. mmm... I like 'em like that (lol from Shania Twain's song.. Any man of mine).


And this afternoon I made the weirdest pasta I've ever eaten.. but again.. I liked it. It's spinach fettucini (which I didn't cook properly!) with broccoli, peas, corn kernels and pineapple (it just seemed like a good idea to add this at the time :\ ). The creamy sauce I'd made.. which had come together quite well, curdled as soon as I added the frozen pineapple! So I ended up draining the whey.. and made a fungi base instead (instant mushroom soup powder).. After all that.. I didn't quite dare eat it.. but I had a bite and loved it.. and ate rather too much of it.. normally I try to watch my calories.. but today I thought I'd stuff it and call it my over-eating cheat day (I've had too many in a row by today).


But like I said in my muffins post.. its going to take a lot to keep me motivated to continue cooking for myself.. Unemployment could likely turn out to be one the highest motivation though.... not only are take-outs not the healthiest... they're not the most cost effective either :( if my last 7 months spell of unemployment hadn't taught me better... this one might.. maybe the pink slip was just the source of motivation I needed.. lol