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my saturday at home on my day off!

Well it has been a few days since I last posted, but there has been alot going on around here...I did not have a chance to get here and post. Well yesterday friday april 3rd i went to the gym to train and meet with my trainer, I thought we were meeting at 10 am it was actually 8 am lol it was crazy yesterday so i worked out with her, she punished me good! lol I stopped by the store to get the last few things I needed to make my dinner. I made lentil soup, this is a different take on my moms lentil soup and I love hers too and i wanted to make lentil soup and this was my first time. I got the recipe curtesy of food network barefoot contessa ina gartner! It was so yummy and I was impressed that it was so good and it came out perfect the first time around. the barefoot contessa lentil soup is made with green lentils and has leeks in it to give it a different flavor kind of like a tart flavor...I saw her make it on the foodnetwork show, and I was drooling...lol. I have some lentils left over and I will make a salad out of the lentils. Today saturday I chilled out around the house and I did my dinner for tonight, it was beef sirlion kabobs with parmesan orzo. I did not kabob it, I took one elephant garlic and chopped it up and put it in a ziplock bag and I put the meat in as well and then I took kraft greek vinegrette salad dressing and pour some in the ziplock bag and mixed it around and put in the fridge to marinate for about an hr and a half, while that was doing it's thing I did the orzo I did the orzo to the box directions and drianed it and put it back in the same pot with a tsbp of olive oil and i chopped fresh basil and some oregano and shredded parmesan chesse until it will well bleneded and I tasted to see if it needed anything and it was perfect there was enough salt in the cheese to salt the dish and when I put my water pot on to do the orzo pasta I salted it very well. and then I took the marinating meat out of the fridge and let it sit for a bit, it is good to cook meat room temp so it cooks the same all the way threw, i learned that on foodnetwork shows. I heated my pan and put like a tsbp and a half of olive oil and put my meat in and cooked it on one side and then turned it...the smell that was comming out was yummy, the garlic and olive oil...boy I wished I had smell-o-vision...lol! when I was done with that i made pumpkin chocoalte-chip muffins i wanted to make bfast items for the week and to take to work I used a mix that is for make loafs of bread...I love pumpkin...also when I get a box of cake or cookie or whatever it is I like to do the other recipe or not the ordinary recipe, becuase it is different and special and you will get the oohh and ahhh factor! they were good, by accident I did not start the timer which I thought I did but some how i knew they were ready. I then made finally the last baked good of the day was authenic enhglish scones...they were plain but I sprinkled cinn-sugar on top of them and i used a cookie cutter to make the shapes...they scones were my first try too and they came out good...I imed my good friend laurie in london and told her the good news...it was my first try and it was perfect! I have found recently that the recipes I have been doing have come out the way they are supposed to and i am still practicing and getting better with my cooking, I enjoy it so much and it is relaxing for me and I love creating food and new and different foods to eat. I would say i am still level one chef wannabe! I watch food network all the time...fave channel and I read magazine for the recipe and articles whether it be my fitness magazine or a regular magazine sometimes there is good info in there. I like to also create and cook meals that are healthier and low cal low fat and find ways to make it better in those areas. I think to be a good chef or cook is learning everything you can, and I have learned alot of "tricks" from watching my fave foodnetwork shows...I pass them on to friends and they are like really I am likes "yes" lol it is a hobby with me right now but maybe during the summer I will go to the local bakery and ask if I can watch them for a day to see what it is like...who knows we will see, well I am tired and it is about my bedtime...I want to get an early start on tomr days since I will be working, get the few errands I have before work and such. have a good night and as I always say...

peace and hairgrease...see ya l8ter ;op