Last night Dan and I cooked dinner together. Let me start off by saying that Dan is a really good cook. He makes some super yummy things and likes to make different things for dinner. Like one night we were just going to get a frozen pizza for dinner and then he decided that a home-made breakfast pizza would be better. He's really great at it and (so far) hasn't made anything I didn't like.
He also makes fun of me because my skills in the kitchen aren't as great. I really do like baking more than cooking... but even so I can cook, it's just never been anything I super like to do... I do want to get better at it though. I think my biggest problem is figuring out what to make. I alway go-to three or four different meals and can hardly ever think outside of that little box. I am very indecisive - something I'll hopefully get better about.
Last night, since the weather was so nice it seemed like a great time to BBQ... and BBQing it totally a man's job (haha). So I told Dan he should BBQ and then I would make the sides. Here's the meal we had.
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Dan BBQed the brat... yum. He even toasted the bun... what a nice touch!
I made the other two sides.
First up the green beans. I kinda half winged them half looked at a recipe. I got some fresh green beans (although I did not buy nearly enough). I boiled them with just a bit of water. Once they were at a boil I turned down the heat (this part I got from the recipe.) After they had cooked long enough (and Dan thought my method was completely stupid, but whatever I've done it this way before so I somewhat know what I'm doing). I drained them and then added them back to the skillet with three cloves of garlic that I chopped. I cooked them like that... I also added a bit of garlic salt (what can I say? I love garlic). When they were almost finished I added a little splash of lemon juice and some course black pepper. They were pretty good in my opinion.
The other thing I made was oven mac and cheese. I love mac and cheese... I just Googled around and found this recipe which I particularly liked b/c it did not involve a rue. I always mes up rues so I like to try to avoid them (know your strengths right?). I cut the recipe mostly in half, but added extra cheese b/c I was lazy (I just used the whole 2 cup bag). It turned out pretty good. Not the best mac and cheese I've ever eaten or anything, but it was simple and I'd make it again. My second helping I added hot sauce and it was really yummy.
I just wanted to share my meal - hopefully I'll begin to share more.
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