Scary, Yet True

Shockingly, there was a time where I might have made a Hamburger Helper meal for dinner - ugh!

I would usually get some cheese version which would approximate macaroni and cheese with ground meat thrown in. Not too bad considering I grew up with Kraft Mac & Cheese with hotdog slices for dinner on Saturday nights.

Anyway, my ex-husband liked all things Stroganoff, which for some reason always seemed gross to me - a creamy milky sauce with meat mixed in - but I went along anyway and got the Stroganoff version of Hamburger Helper.

I don't know if any of you folks out there have made this food-like substance before, but Hamburger Helper is far from attractive when you first add the mix of pasta & seasoning into the pan with water and the browned ground meat. It looks disgusting, almost barf-like in quality. Stroganoff, for some reason, looked extra gross with that powdered milky seasoning that would eventually transform into a tasty sauce.

Well, for some reason, I had to pick up this large pan of partially cooked, still in the barf-looking-phase, stroganoff hamburger helper to move it and halfway across the open kitchen floor I mistakenly tipped the pan and spilt the contents over the kitchen floor. Talk about looking like I just lost my dinner!

I remember looking up into the dining room and seeing the look on my husband's face. I imagine my look of shock was quite similar.

Honey, let's order a pizza?

Blog-Inspiring Disaster

Okay, so something hit me this weekend and I got on a cooking frenzy. I think it started while I was teaching a collage workshop on Saturday. I saw a really tasty looking picture for Pappardelle with Chicken & Winter Greens in one of the magazines and tore it out to make this week:
Tonight (monday) was the night! I had all the ingredients assembled and was ready to cook, and hungry! I guess it is something about the combination of sherry, cream, cheese, rotisserie chicken and greens that simply does not work for my taste buds. Perhaps I didn't do such a good job in preparation (I was thinking that I overcooked the greens by a minute and a half or so before adding the next step). I don't know, but when I got it in my bowl and tasted it......YEUCH!!!!

So, it is your turn, my friends! Try it out (click on the link above to get to the recipe). Let me know if it truly is disgusting or I just messed it up....badly.

As I was cleaning up this mess, down the disposal, I said to my self: "Sheesh, this was the worst recipe ever!" And here we are at a new blog.

So, let me know if you would like to join in the fun and be an author!