I had a really great day. No work today, and the sun was shining. I got tired of listening to the kids whine about having friends over or going somewhere, so we went to the park and played for quite a while. It was a beautiful day. When we came home, I made a batch of pumpkin oatmeal cookies from VWaV. I have seriously gotten my money's worth from this cookbook, having tried more than a dozen recipes already, all of them fabulous. These cookies were unbelievable. The batter was the best tasting cookie batter I have ever eaten (and no worries about raw eggs!). Grace and I couldn't stop eating it! Then the cookies came out and I ate 4-5 of those. Yikes. My body feels kind of gross right now, but damn they were awesome. I am making these for every pot luck or family get together I ever go to. I forgot to add the raisins, but I think they are better without them.
And then I got cocky. My awesome baking made me feel like I could do anything. I made some meat-based meal for the kids and their friends that are visiting, then roasted some potatoes in the oven, made vegetarian baked beans from a can, and attempted to make my favorite veggie burger, the Ultimate Veggie Burger from Vegan Planet. However, having made a lentil stew yesterday (that kind of sucked), I decided it would be perfectly fine to replace the lentils with some black beans. Don't ever make this mistake. Please, no matter how much extra flour you add so that it can be formed into patties, it just wasn't meant to be. And then the broccoli that I was going to steam to go with it was moldy and I had to throw the whole thing away.
At least some things turned out well today...
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