a little bit about our adventures in the kitchen lately.

i'm home alone this evening, so i decided to bake. jamie (one of my awesome bosses) talks about his mama's million dollar pie, so i thought i'd at least look at the recipe. well it looked pretty easy and tasty! i had to go buy a 9x13 pan which i am assured i will use again in the future (quite debatable). so far i have chopped pecans and made homemade whipped cream! all i can say is i'll never buy cool whip again. that stuff is good y'all! i just got the crust out of the oven and it's cooling. so far, so good.

the other night i baked chicken. you think "okay, no big deal" but for a girl who can only boil water, it was kind of a challenge. i wasn't aware you had to cover it in foil. it came out pretty dry but rylan seemed to love it. and then i tackled giada's lemon pasta. holy cow thats so good! i was quite pleased with myself.

rylan made awesome chicken parmesan the other night. and when i say awesome, that word doesnt even begin to describe how good it was! i've been begging him to make it again, but alas, he is quite content with hamburgers and tacos. 

although im not always a fan of sweets, since i tend to crave salty foods when i'm hungry, i do prefer baking desserts over making dinner.  my mother has been so proud of me lately that she offered to buy me a food processor. now what the heck am i supposed to do with that?! i really want a mixer. a pretty red kitchenaid one. it would look so awesome on my kitchen counter!