Inspired to Create

First of all... I GOT SOME SLEEP! and am less the emotional wreck I've been in the last 8 days.

Recently been having some weird dreams, and in them, I'm cooking. Yes Cooking.

I cook. I'm fairly good at it.... until I met Kathryn M. (goddess in the kitchen)
Cooking for one is a huge pain and really not much fun and generally not inspired to do so. So anytime I get the chance to cook for someone else I'm all over it.

Side note: A general misconception is, people who can cook, can bake. NOT TRUE!
It's one or the other, and in the rare case that you're a kitchen goddess, well then you can do anything.... I can not bake... a list of what idiot proof goods I can screw up to follow.

Ok, back to the point. Weird dreams I'm cooking these feasts!
I woke up this morning and was really inspired to cook. Instant thought: Fatten the Island Boy up.

Sweet! Never occurred to me, I HAVE SOMEONE TO COOK FOR! I'm sure it will beat the crap out of the garbage he's been eating.

Friday I'll go out and buy everything to make the meals I dreamt of.

Breakfast stuff - Homemade Sausage N' Egg English Muffins, Pancakes, omelets w/side of fruit w/ strawberry whip cream dip (easy, frozen whip cream mixed with strawberry yogurt - trail and error for taste)

Steak - with sauteed mushrooms and a cream/balsamic vinegar reduced sauce
(til you've tried it, don't knock it)

Ham marinated w/beer topped with horseradish and asparagus wrapped in prosciutto and cracked sea salt.

Chicken Cordon bleu - w/seared veggies with a light grape seed oil brushed on before hand.

BBQ chicken w/ all the fixings (like a turkey dinner) stuffing from scratch, and the best mashed potatoes ever! (add a raw egg, butter, milk, onion salt, and whip - soooo creamy)

Hamburgers - made w/dried Dijon mustard, green onions, pinch of garlic, on slightly toasted sourdough buns - of course will all the regular fixings too.

Meal Salads - Spinach salad with sauteed prawns or crab w/garlic and wine, dried raisins (skip the brown sugar candied walnuts - must-not-kill-island boy)

Snacks - salsa, guacamole and Chocolate chip banana bread (again thanks Kathryn M for the receipts)

I know none of this sounds like much, but when inspired to be in the kitchen, it tastes so-much-better.... and will help me redirect my recent shitty attitude towards something more proactive. I wish I could cook like this everyday.

My goal, by the end of summer, Island boy will be 10-15 lbs heavier (giggle) What? He needs it! 5'8 and 140 lbs... he needs it!!!!

Now for a list of things I can not make to save my life.... Ready?

Jello. - yup jello. Can not make it. Sad really, cos I like jello with amaretto and whip cream.
Idiot proof cookies. - The kind you just throw onto a sheet and bake for 8-12 minutes.. cant make them.
Cake. pies, and muffins - Not instant, not from scratch.

Two things I CAN BAKE- ish

Chocolate covered strawberries
Home made Turtles (rah rah rah)

Although those are not really baking, its more of melt stuff and make it stick together.. lol... that's my kind of baking.

Enjoy your week and weekend.

~Being Samiantha