learn how to prepare 10 excellent meals

4. Hamburger stew. it’s good and I made it. oh and easy. I’m all for easy. cook hamburger. peel and boil potatoes. throw in a can of peas and a bullion cube. done and delicious.
5. made some delcious chili.
6. bar-b-que slow cooked chicken. i don’t love it but jon did. i just don’t like bar-b-que but it was apparently very good.
7. carribean jerk chicken. marinade then cook. easy delicious.
8. ginger garlic chicken.

i’m on my way :).

made frenches onion chicken it’s very good. and easy. with mashed potatoes. loved it. number 3.

I made chicken and sausage etoufee. Well, it was more like a gumbo. But it was SUPER easy and DELICIOUS. He even brought it for lunch today! So I’m counting this as the real number 2.

I made excellent meatloaf. extremely simple- crackers eggs milk and onions- and salt and pepper. but it was so good. so good. really. so that’s three.

I made twice baked potatoes soo good that my fiance has tried to make ones better ever since. this might not be a whole meal to most people, but it could be a lunch? i’m counting it because i’m seriously low on meals. so this is two.
and this is three:
i made chili that was very hot, but it was excellent to me and my boyfriend. i made it up as i went along, and i’m quite proud of this fact. next time i’ll only put one habanero pepper instead of two. or maybe i’ll just take out the seeds. but even in the extreme spiciness of it- it was really very good.

So, I tried to make fish cakes, in hopes that I could add them to this list and possibly one day finish this goal. However, they were absolutely terrible. Turns out, when I think something sounds entirely disgusting, it probably is…no matter what Rachel Ray says. Also, when it looks like it will take longer than half an hour, I should also trust my instincts on that too. So, what have I learned? No more listening to Rachel Ray. Paula Dean is the only one so far whose recepies have come out proper when I’ve cooked them. But I’ll keep trying anything that sounds interesting and hopefully one day I will finish this goal.

So I know it’s not hard but I made amazing steak the other day. I also made garlic potatoes. Not mashed. Garlic red potatoes. Sliced with pieces of garlic in them baked in the oven with butter and other spices. They were pretty amazing. I think that meal counts. So, I’m saying since this whole meal was amazing this counts as one. I’m not counting the mushrooms as they were goodd, but, I mean; I don’t even like mushrooms, I found out!

I learned how to make stuffed mushrooms, does that count? The good news was, they weren’t bad, although I did find out, I’m not really a mushroom fan, just on pizza or in salads. but maybe it was the mushrooms i chose. anyhow, It wasn’t that hard, so there’s hope for me yet, I think.

I am not learning anything new. I’m doing pretty terrible at this. I watch the food network but i don’t retain anything. i think i need to try a little bit harder on this goal.

so far i know how to cook a few things, none of which are excellent. but i’m sure i can learn, no?