It's Shake & Bake and I helped!

Let me start this post with saying...I don't cook. Cooking has never appealed to me. I'm not a good cook and I'm especially bad at cooking meat. I'm always scared that I haven't cooked it long enough and that I"m going to end up killing everyone by means of botulism. So, I usually end up overcooking any kind of meat. When I moved into my apartment, my mom bought me some awesome stainless steel cookware. All it's really been used for is boiling noodles, heating spaghetti sauce and scrambling eggs. Not hard stuff. Earlier in the week I decided, like all good cows should, that I was going to cook a GOOD meal for Phillip. I knew Terra was coming over on Thursday to hang out so I decided that Thursday was the day I was going to cook. But, then I thought, "What the hell am I going to make?" I didn't want to make anything that comes from a box, so I decided to go to the handy-dandy internet for help. I came across this website. If you are a beginner, like me, it's AWESOME!!! I searched the website, read the reviews, made notes and decided on three things. So, last night I made Burgundy Pork Tenderloin, Pan Fried Asparagus and Sweet Potato Scallops with Caramelized Onion. And guess what...it was actually good! I have made my first meal! I feel so domestic. I feel so domestic that I think I'm going to change my name legally to Suzie Homemaker. But seriously, I was so impressed with myself. I was a little worried at first, you have to cook the tenderloin in red wine, so when I pulled it out of the oven the pork was rather purple. I was like great, they are going to freak out because it looks like I'm feeding them a big 'ol serving of Barney genitalia. But, it was sooo good that we got over the fact that we were eating purple meat. I find it odd that no one mentioned the color in the reviews...oh well. I'm so excited, I can hear Phillip snoring upstairs and I'm here typing away on my keyboard. Do you know what this means??? I cooked and there were no fatalities! Well, I don't think there were, I'll call Terra when I'm on my way to work.

Until next time...

Amanda