Mommy Daughter Bake Day

Goal number six of my 52 goals of turning 30 is to learn to cook.  A friend in the States, has a blog that shares of her daughter.  I love this blog as I'm sure its posted because my friends mom lives so far away from her and this is a way to keep in touch with the day-to-day livings of their family life.

She has a new weekly tradition of Mommy Daughter Bake Day where she posts a recipe, a back story (for example - where she found the recipe, why she chose it and so on) and then at the end they grade her baking.  Along the post there are pictures of the adorable daughter standing at the counter with the mixer and helping in various ways. 

I'm stealing this idea with three major changes: 1. I'm not baking, but cooking, and 2. I may not be as detailed and 3. I, of course, have no kid to showcase......

PIB and I are living with Mat and Kara in a share house at the moment.  Just until PIB and I can get a handle on where we're going to be living, and what visa I'm going to be on.  Mat and Kara-well, Kara, loves to bake and cook.  Thus they sit down every Sunday night and decide what to have for the week.  PIB and I have signed up randomly for a night each.   Last week I made Honey Chicken with Veggies and Mashed Potato Avocado.  Lets just say that this first attempt had so many mistakes, that Mat was so kind in telling me the food was good, I'm sure he wanted to shoot himself in the foot then keep going.  I was playing with the dog and forgot about the food in the oven, then its HONEY so it burned to a nice black crisp.  The veggies were a bit overcooked and the potatoes didn't mash nicely but they were nice and watery.  So getting to know the food here in Australia and how different it is from the food in the States is hurdle number ONE.

 Monday was the next day I cooked.  And I love it when PIB steps in and helps.  He's fantastic in the kitchen.  We cook so well together.  I absolutely L.O.V.E. it.

So I bought this chook (or chicken if you're playing from the States) and it was already breaded and seasoned.  Along with that, PIB made his baked veggies of sweet potato and white potato and carrot.  I then grilled up some green beans and brocollini.    It was insanely awesome meal; although, neither of us did much to make it great.  It was just easy once you have the main organized and preseasoned for you.

Last night was another fail.  Epic fail if I'm honest. I bought this pre-battered fish.  Thought it looked good.  PIB made these awesome chips (fries for you back home) and I made corn-on-the-cob.  The chips and the corn were yummy, yummy, yummy; however, the fish was awful!  It was like fish fingers (or fish sticks).  So lessons learned.

If everyone in the house is okay with being patient with me while I learn to cook, then I'm happy to keep failing.