Disappointed

So. One of the things in life I find most disappointing is when recipes don't turn out as well as they look. Just made pork chops with sweet potato chutney. Sounded delicious, since I love pork chops and I love sweet potatoes.

Unfortunately, maybe I cooked the pork chops poorly or something (stupid broiler), but it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. I think I'll stick to my standard pork chops recipe with baked sweet potatoes from now on. Except I am a little proud that I tried something new and got out of the rut. Not being beaten down by the man every day leaves me room to get creative with the cooking.

Tomorrow's menu: beef stew in the slow cooker. Hopefully I'll have more success with it than with the pork chips.

Bread!

I got to thinking that since I'm making a lot of sandwiches now that I'm home every day for lunch that it might be cheaper to make my own bread. That and I might actually be able to finish a loaf (grocery store loaves are too big for a single person).

So I made some bread. And, boy, it was good. Also super-easy to make. When I finish this loaf I think I might branch out to whole wheat since I like that better for sandwiches. But since I found out that my kitchen table is the perfect height for kneading, I'll probably be making a lot more bread.

As for now, I'm kinda hungry so I'm going to make some toast and Nutella.

Me Eat Cookie!

Yesterday my friend and I decided to make some cookies to fuel our Wii sports addiction. And we made some most excellent cookies:

We made chocolate chip brownies and peanut butter cookies with Hershey's kisses in them:

And those cookies were wonderful. And even while we were spending all afternoon shopping and baking and playing the Wii, I thought about how I used to sit at my desk playing Solitaire and wishing that I could be doing something useful with my life. And while making cookies may not be the best use of my time, at least I had something to show for myself at the end of the day. Plus, I was much happier than I almost ever was in my office:

One last parting shot of the deliciousness of yesterday: