So I have been home, as those of you who read this know, everyday most weeks by myself. I don't think this is conducive to a healthy lifestyle. I love being home, most of the time, but to be left by yourself with your thoughts ALL THE TIME, may not be quite so healthy. So in the place of sitting here wallowing in my own grief, sorrow and fears I have decided to attempt (and I say attempt because most of the time that's all we can ask for) to be slightly productive in some way. I have started crocheting amigurumi for Christmas for friends of mine. I have been getting into a video game called Disgaea 3, which is very cute and appeals to the little Goth girl in me. And Now... my newest adventure that I'm thinking of trying ... Baking.
Now don't get me wrong, I have never failed at the baking attempts in the past, but they are usually only consisting of Breads. Being I love bread that has never been a problem, but now I will try some other stuff. My mom had visited me this weekend and gifted me the two staple cook books she used when I was a kid. This could either result in VERY GOOD food, and possibly a very fat baby belly, or could result in a lot of recipes being filled under G along with the food LOL. As testers I will be probably using my Polar Bear (my husband) and our room mate. If they don't die or throw up I will consider that a success!
Now the only issue with baking is supplies... bowls I have, mixers I have, pans and containers to cook in I mostly have... Ingredients... Now that's another story all together! This means I will need to make an extensive list of baking ingredients that I need and figure out a way to purchase them on my extremely limited budget! I am hoping this will be doable... I don't see why not, but I fail to have even the most basic of ingredients like Flour and Baking Powder/Soda... I also don't own any measuring spoons, but my mom didn't when I was a kid either, we just used regular spoons and approximated our ingredients accordingly,... so that should be fine.
Now, out of the 2 well loved books, I need to decide what it is I want to make... or at least start with. I will probably make bread (cause I always make bread) so that I can eat it while I'm making other stuff. What this means is that no one else will probably get to eat any of the bread being most of it will be in my stomach! LOL! I want sugar cookies, gingersnaps, apple crisp....mmmmmmm apple crisp........ and I haven't decided further than that. Now doing these cooking attempts also means my house will be filled with food that I shouldn't eat regularly... so I will probably have to pawn off some of them to other people... whether that happens or not, we will see...
So wish me good luck, and if you see a large explosion of flour and baking ingredients coming from the NW side of Guelph follow the words of the Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy... DON`T PANIC! Instead come over and have some treats, you may have to deal with me saying over and over again "It's Alive!!", but other than that I'll be fine :)
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