Inspired by a trip to City Cafe, a wonderful little restaurant in McAllen, today I made beef stroganoff for dinner and corn casserole for a little dinner party. As always, my cooking adventures were fraught with mishaps. I forgot to drain the corn for the casserole, so it was too runny. The stroganoff involved using flour as a thickening agent, which I am incapable of doing at all ever under any circumstances. But, I cooked beef for the first time (raw meat is guh-ross) AND the casserole was a hit.
The dinner party also featured a very delicious pumpkin pie from my friend Janet, a pumpkin pie that almost burned the house down. She and I went on a run with our other friend Lia and COMPLETELY forgot the pie in the oven. We had to run back to the house to get the pie out and then went on our regularly-scheduled run after that brief "warm-up." We ran four miles in all (almost died) but the pie was great and basically calorie-free. Lia also burned her oatmeal this morning, so it seems I'm not the only one who struggles in the kitchen. You see what I'm up against now? You see what I'm surrounded by?
My mom gave me some great advice this morning that you can't do things with happiness as your goal, you just do the best you can and happiness will find you. Cooking trouble aside, I feel incredibly blessed to have such excellent friends to share a meal with on a lazy Sunday.
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