on my walk home from Nikki’s house – i was in pain. but the good kind. the kind of pain you get when you stuff your face with the most flavourful food and your tongue and mouth can’t stop saying “more more more!”
the dessert? silky, smooth, strawberry goodness. i WILL be attempting to make the goat cheese pudding very soon. i think it’ll become a new favourite go to.
the week leading up to my dinner – i was panicked and flustered. day in – day out. for no good reason i might add. just my own anxiety creeping up, taking over my body – what am i going to cook? will they like it? will it be enough? all silly worrying in hindsight, but if i hadn’t felt that way. i probably wouldn’t have put as much love and care into my dinner – and no one needs that.
i knew i needed to challenge myself when creating this dinner – and so – i chose two things that made me incredibly nervous to cook – and i practiced them – on mohawk. creme brûlée and pan frying chicken.
okay, so – you might be thinking – creme brûlée – sure! but pan frying chicken!?!?!… come on becky. i know, i know, but it’s true! it was actually a cooking class where i first learned and gained any confidence to try it in my own kitchen. before that? i cooked the crap out of chicken in the oven, and that was it. there was no other way i knew how (was willing to try) to make chicken. talk about a dry piece of leather. yuk! i just had this fear of under cooking my chicken and therefore killing everyone in my process. that’s fair right? i think so.
with only iphones at our hands – and not caring too much about getting a picture – because after all, this is a group about EATING the food – not styling for photo taking – imagine my travelling crockpot dinner through the words on my menu. i promise – next time – there will be photos.
i’m actually off to the third instalment of the travelling crockpot tonight! stay tuned! it’s been a complete mystery up until this point about what we’ll be having for dinner. i can’t wait!
