Are you one of those people that gets the best idea while you're trying to fall asleep at night? How about when you're taking a bathroom break? That's me! Inevitably when I'm trying to pass out in bed, I run through all the things I have to do tomorrow and come up with at least two or three things to add to my list. Of course, by morning, I've usually forgotten at least one of them. Same thing happens with the bathroom - I forget my brilliant idea by the time I get back to my desk.
Last night I decided to take some notes so I wouldn't forget today. I am having the "recipe group" over on Saturday night and I have to experiment with a new recipe (duh). I find this frustrating because any time I try something new and don't use a recipe for it, I screw it up. Like the time I tried to cook steak, or tonight, when I tried to cook boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Easy enough right? I practically started a fire on my stove. God. With my mother and grandmother being such fabulous cooks, you'd think I'd inherit something.
Alas, I resign myself to another few selections from one of Ina Garten's cookbooks (Barefoot in Paris). I made a recipe from here recently, Beef Bourguignon, and it came out wonderfully. Helps that the recipe calls for a bottle of wine and a splash of brandy!
So, menu for Saturday night:
- Rosemary cashews
- Squash soup (although I might get my co-worker's recipe, which he claims is amazing)
- Chicken with Forty Cloves of Garlic (good thing Scottie lives in SF!)
- Moroccan Couscous
Ina Garten's recipes have never failed me, so I have faith that this will be a success....assuming I don't light anything on fire like I did for the Bourguignon recipe!!
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