Cooking

Im not one of those people that can invision how food will taste before I make it...or taste it and decide what needs to be put in it to make it better. When my Mom would ask us if we wanted to help make dinner, my answer was always no. So with out those qualities but now wanting to find love for cooking for my family, I find myself messing up food sometimes! Here are a few funny experiences!

1) When newely married Kurt told me that he loved Cheesey Potatoe soup from Outback. So I thought I would suprise him with a homemade batch. I looked up on the internet "Outback Potatoe soup recipe" and found one that seemed fairly simple(dont trust things you read on the internet!) I cant remember all that went into it but there was velveta cheese, potatoes and milk...come to think of it maybe those were all the ingredients!! I mixed them together exactly how the recipe said but Kurto was running late from work and the longer the "soup" sat on the stove the thicker it got. In an attempt to salvage it, I added more milk which for some reason made it even thicker. By the time Kurt got home the spoon wouldnt even come out of the "soup" and all was left was basically a block of cheese with chunks of potatoe. It went straight to the garbage and I cant remember if I cried outloud or went the bathroom to do it quietly.

2) I like to make these chicken rolls with cream cheese inside. They call for chives but I rarely put them in. This time I decided to but realized I had no chives...so I put Oregano instead. Garbage. Enough said!

3)Last week I was making sauce for sloppy joes and it calls for cinnamon and cloves. A very small amount of cloves. I put in the small amount of cloves and then a very large amount of...cloves instead of cinnamon. If you have ever used cloves you know its very strong and the sauce could not be salvaged.

Although sometimes things go wrong I really enjoy learning and growing in cooking for my family!