Sunday, September 27, 2009

Cook for 1hr or until lightly brown.

This afternoon I made dinner for our family. I made a New York Meatloaf with leeks and tomato plus heaps of other yummy stuff like mince, sausage, capsicum, basil, nutmeg, Wiestershire sauce and I can’t remember all the other ingredients. I then went on to make dessert. On the menu was a Sticky Lemon Tart that is crispy on top and gooey underneath. Delicious!

I haven’t cooked for a long time.
When I was younger I used to cook quite a lot, making cakes, biscuits, muffins, all sorts of desserts and occasionally dinner of some sort.
Then I grew older and I spent more time on the computer or doing homework or going out.

I think I missed cooking.
Before I never really, really enjoyed it; I mean, sure I did enjoy it but I’m a rather clumsy person when it comes to cooking and I would always misread the recipe or spill something or do something or not beat it long enough or put in one thing before I was supposed to put in another. Cooking always took a long time for me because I always made so many mistakes and almost everything I wanted to cook required me to beat egg whites until they were light and fluffy. And that took a long time! Not to mention all of the cleaning up afterwards… But I still cooked because a) I liked licking the bowl and eating the yummy food afterwards and b) I liked getting the praise and making something for people who really enjoyed all my hard work.
But then all the "duties" that being older entailed kept me away from the kitchen and before today I hadn’t cooked in a long time.

But not cooking in such a long time has made me miss it. And now that I’m older I am far more patient and beating the egg whites until they are light and fluffy didn’t take nearly as long. I was able to appreciate having the time where I don’t have to think about anything except following the recipe and cutting the leeks in small slices.
And dinner turned out beautifully.
The end results:

It certainly was delicious!
But dad said something while I was cooking that made me think. He said that I should try and make dinner at least twice this week. And I am going to try and do that. That goal made me think of some other goals I have this week of the holidays.

I am going to cook dinner at least twice. I will go for at least three decent runs. I will finally paint a picture on a canvas that I have had for a while. I will practice my flute at least four times. I will bake an assortment of goodies. I will finish my book. I will go for at least one ride, with whoever, on my bike.

I could just tell myself to do these goals but then I know they wont get done because no one is depending on me to complete these goals, in fact, no one even knows that I have these goals. But by telling you that I have these goals I now have to do them because you know about them and you will know if I compete them or not.

So I will complete these goals, before next Monday.
That gives me seven full days.

Wish me luck!

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