Oct 17 2009: In the Kitchen

Oct 17, 2009 by Rochelle

Today wasn’t quite the relaxing day I hoped for, but truthfully, I was also hoping for a productive day. After a little bit of breakfast and consulting some recipes for ingredients, I went to the grocery store. Once home, I started to immediately put together a big pot of chili for the crock pot. In went all the ingredients and then it sat around for several hours to cook up and get tasty.

In the afternoon, Brian and his fiancee brought over my old desk that Brian didn’t need anymore. I was definitely nervous to meet his fiancee, but it turned out all right. She was really nice and they seemed quite happy together. We sat around for about an hour and they looked through my London photos. It was all them and not me, I promise! I am so sick of those things, that it was painful when he was clicking through them so slowly. I’m glad that we can be so friendly. It’s a relief in a way.

After they left, I went back into the kitchen and made some Rock Bottom beer bread. This stuff is super delicious and accompanies chili really well. It also makes the house smell great.

And as if that wasn’t enough, I also made up some homemade chocolate chip walnut cookies. What can I say? I was in the mood to cook! Perhaps it was after looking at some really cool food blogs like this one or this one. Or perhaps it was all the inspiration I got from my friend Amanda who made a weekly meal chart and is doing some kick ass budgeting.

So I have to say that these little cookies (little on purpose), turned out perfect. I usually don’t put nuts in, but I had some left over from some banana nut bread I made last month. These were super tasy!

Oct 17 2009: In the Kitchen