One of these things is not like the other

[pbray]

Dinner 1:

1) Boil water & cook pasta
2) Microwave leftover peas to warm them up
3) Microwave pasta sauce (jar)
4) Drain pasta, dump in bowl. Cover in peas. Cover pasta&peas with sauce.
5) Eat


Dinner 2:

Cooked some bow tie pasta. Melted some butter. Sauteed fresh garlic. Dumped in some flour. Made a "roux". Added milk. Stirred every now and then. Thawed some spinach and mixed pepper strips. (Very colorful) Mixed with pasta. Dumped in casserole dish. Poured cream sauce on top. Dotted with parmesan cheese. Baked, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Then eat. Mmmmmmmm. Easy, colorful, (I like the red, yellow and green stuff!) and super delicious.

Those who know me will be able to guess that dinner #1 was the one prepared at my house. Dinner #2 was the one my sister made for herself and then e-mailed me about.

If we lived closer, I'd be eating at her place :-)

Comments

[pbray.livejournal.com]

She's one of those people who watch cooking shows and absorb ideas, while I watch cooking shows and think "Hmm, I'll bet they wouldn't be half so excited about cooking if they had to clean up their own messes."

[kelly-swails.livejournal.com]

When I usually watch cooking shows I think about how unhealthy the food is and/or how unlikely it is I'm actually going to prepare it. I love to eat, and I like baking, but cooking is one of those things I'm not willing to spend the time to get better at. I'm willing to pay for good food in a restaurant; I'm not willing to pay the money or the time to buy ingredients and screw it up at home. Plus, Ken and I find different things appetizing, so he wouldn't eat what I wanted and vice versa.