A Season of Firsts

Now that we’re married, I’ve been trying to some more wife-ish things. (It’s all part of the Domestic Goddess quest my dear friend, Mikayla, and I started on three years ago.) Recently, I have conquered two things: (1) the crockpot, and (2) making a recipe involving yeast.

First of all, cooking meat in a crockpot is the way to go. I guess it does take a really long time to plan out and actually execute a meal that way, but it tastes a lot better than anything else in my current skillset (maybe I just need more skills…haha). Scott and I were thinking that since our crockpot meals taste better than our other meals, we should cook everything in a crockpot. We changed our minds after deciding we probably couldn’t boil our Costco frozen ravioli on low for 8 hours. Well, maybe we could; but I doubt it would enhance the flavor.

Second, for some reason I have steered clear of using yeast in any recipe. So up until this point, if the recipe involved yeast, I would make the recipe without it. Ok, not really—I just wouldn’t make anything with yeast in it. Irrational fear? Yes. (Kind of like the maple syrup strike I went on for about eight years.) Anyway, I made a barbecue chicken pizza from scratch. First time using yeast and the KitchenAid! It was a success.

I think I’m getting better at this cooking thing.