Success

Much like this picture of boil-in-bag rice (which I did not use this week because that would be cheating), I have experienced success.  And it's the best kind of success-the kind that means you will never have to leave your house again.

Because I have made thai food.  Yes!  Thai food!  And you know what, it fell victim to the same complaints I make at thai restaurants which is that there's not enough sauce but IT TASTES PRETTY GOOD AND IT LOOKS HEALTHY TOO.  And guess what?  Once you can make your own Thai food, there's no reason to ever leave your house again except to buy peanut butter and broccoli!  It's just me and my boyfriend Netflix forever and ever.  

I also whipped up some French Onoin Soup (I found this one after I ditched Alton Brown's recipe.  Sorry Alton).  Also, a ROUSING SUCCESS.  The broth for French onion soup (which uses beef consomme, which I found out about at a teaching leadership conference) is just so good-smelling.  You have to put toasted French bread on top and then bake the soup to finish it off, which is very surprising!  I got some really good bread off a recommendation from the Breadsmith lady.  I remember the day I discovered Breadsmith in the Valley.  When you go into Mexican bakeries, there is no bread.  There are only donuts and cookies and pastries.  I thought I was going to starve and die, but luckily I found Breadsmith four short months later.  It was the second-happiest day of my life.  Number 1 is this day, the day where I finally make food I want to eat.

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the top of the pyramid is self-actualization.  When I used to talk about that stupid Maslow in debate, I used to think, "Wow, self-actualization, that sounds like funsies."  And now I'm there, friends.  I'm actually doing it.  Time to try something harder and slide back down to safety.