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!