Friday, November 21, 2008

Cooking Up a Storm

This weekend Jonathan and I are house sitting at the same place we did almost 2 months ago. It is so, so nice to be in a house with a full kitchen. I have already made our first meal. Shepherd's Pie and it turned out to be really good! I love to try new recipes, and take full advantage of the kitchen space in this amazing house. They have a huge oven, it is like a restaurant size along with plenty of counter space to chop things up!!! I imagine if I had a kitchen with a real stove and plenty of room, I would cook up a storm so much more than I do, but without the room comes no motivation to cook! I never thought I would like to cook, until I found myself living in a small studio apartment with only a sink and a college size fridge. For some reason after we moved in, I now have this desire to cook! Lol, kinda funny I guess knowing that beforehand when I had a full size kitchen, I really didn’t take full advantage of it. Well, I was working full-time back then to so that makes a difference on the energy level. Anyway, yesterday I made a menu of things that I am going to cook for the days that we are here, and today I got all of the groceries, so it will be really fun to explore more cooking adventures. Last week I grabbed a Martha Stuart Cooking magazine and I also found another cooking magazine that has so many recipes in it that I got sticky notes and picked out the ones that looked good! It shall be interesting for sure to see how the rest of the food items will turn out! Well, I am going to go and have some pumpkin pie now! (Store bought) hehehe!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nicole,
How fun! Enjoy cooking up a feast! Happy to hear you and Jonathan also got to take care of your friend's house!

When my parents come to visit for Christmas, I'll be cooking dinner for us.

Would you mind sharing the recipe of the Shephard's Pie? That sounds yummy (can you email it to me)?

What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

Blessings,
~Amy :)
Author of "Orphaned Into Belonging"
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Walking In The Spirit
http://amyiswalkinginthespirit.blogspot.com

Nicole said...

Hey, We are headed to Payson AZ to visit family for Thanksgiving!!! I believe that isn't far from you! It should be really fun and I am looking forward to it! I will email you the recipe! It is actually not that hard to prepare!

Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

In Freedom, Nicole!

Walking Church said...

My wife and I will come by for 5.30 with a nice bottle of red, fully body, nice legs and not too sweet.

And as always some nice dark chocolate for the hostess...

Nicole said...

Ohh, please do! The wine sounds so divine! Can't wait to taste!

Tonight we are having Chocolate Pots de Cre'me! Come hungry and bring your sweet tooth! :)

Mike said...

Something off subject.

You've been awarded!

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