The original Swedish Chef first premiered on The Muppet Show in 1975, 14 years prior to my existence on Earth. He is famously known for his incomprehensible mock Swedish spoken aloud as he prepares some faux recipe for his TV viewers. In every episode, he fails, resorting to some ridiculous antics. Unfortunately for you, dear readers, I am no where near as entertaining.
No. My cooking is much more tame. I recently spent an entire day searching the web on Pinterest, PoorGirlEatsWell.com (yes, that's an actual website), and AllRecipes.com for the easiest meals possible. I've come across one website where you can enter all the contents of your refrigerator and pantry, and it will generate meals you can make based off of these items; the best we had was grilled cheese. YUM! So when reading further, I found a few articles that seemed doable...at first.
The eager chef and sous-chef ready to tackle the kitchen!
The other night, Daniel and I attempted to make Twice-Baked Potatoes. I research many recipes for the easiest, and received different ideas on the temperature at which to cook the potatoes. We started the first 30 minutes at 175 C, and increased it to 200 C for the second 30 minutes. Unfortunately, we didn't know to wrap the potatoes in aluminum foil (thanks for the late tip, Piper) so they were a bit undercooked. Even so, our hunger was satisfied with this beautiful masterpiece:
The finished product: 2 potatoes, salad, and 2 skin-fries each
It was a tough feat, one that will be an ongoing battle between me and the kitchen appliances. At least nothing's caught fire or burned too badly...except for Daniel's thumb.
You've come a long way from our foam-of-the-styro days! Haha I still can't believe we were that clueless :) Allison Chancey
ReplyDeleteI understand that presentation is very important, and yours is certainly lovely. Have you tried stir fry cabbage lately?
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