Fun & Yummy Day

So Wednesday I had the whole day off of work, and no plans made at all, so I decided to make myself feel like a wife for the day.

I've told Thomas before sometimes it doesn't feel like we're married because we don't have our own place and we hardly ever get to see each other...that was a bad thing to say. He didn't like it...

But it's true. Sometimes I just don't feel like a wife.

So yesterday I thought I'd make myself feel like I was married.

And how do you do that?

Well, you cook a lot.

Because we all know the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Nevermind that Thomas was gone from 8am-11pm so he wasn't going to be around for me to feed anyway...I still wanted to cook. 

So naturally I log onto Pinterest to find some good recipes. 


Let me rewind a bit. 
Initially, I didn't want to cook, but I wanted to be crafty.
I have a lot of things on Pinterest I want to try making.
Well, there was a couple problems with that scenario, and the particular crafts I have on Pinterest.
1. I need to learn how to use a sewing machine first.
2. I need kids to do crafts with.
3. I need kids to do crafts for.
4. I need it to be mine & Tom's anniversary, or his birthday, or something to actually give him the crafts I make.
5. I need a house to decorate these crafts & DIYs with.
So I decided to just cook.


Now, I had this elaborate plan to make all these yummy things, and then post them on here with step-by-step pictures.
Ya know, turn this into a yummy food blog.
But let's face it. 
I am not a good cook.
I am an alright cook.
And I really don't know what I'm doing most of the time.
So I'm not going to pretend to be something I'm not.
Instead, I'll just link to my Pinterest pages.


So, to start things off, I decided to make strawberry lemonade cookies.
I was super excited when I found this recipe. 
I was even more excited when I was finished and eating it.
YUUUUUUUUMEEEEE!
No really, it's awesome.
It's lemonade...in solid form.
Delish.
I must say, I never knew making homemade frosting would be so easy!
I felt pretty dang accomplished after the cookies were done.
Yup.


Then I wanted to really tackle dinner.
So again, I head to Pinterest in the hopes of finding something awesome.
And I did.
I decided to go with the Double Crunch Honey Chicken.
Not only does it look fabulous, but I loved crunchy breaded chicken.
Mmmmmm.

This was surprisingly easy.
And fast.
And turned out really delicious. 
My only tip?
When the recipe says, watch the honey sauce because it can boil over easily - - LISTEN TO IT! Oh my goodness does it ever! Luckily, I had no boil over messes...just frying messes... 
But oh my goodness was it tasty. I really loved it. 


For a dishes, I decided on fresh green beans (my FAV summertime veggie...well, maybe aside from corn on the cob...) and dinner rolls. 
But not just any dinner rolls....I wanted to make Red Lobster's cheesey garlic bread rolls. 
Why?
Well because I found the recipe on Pinterest of course! 
Now, I don't know if it was me, or the recipe (I'm inclined to say the recipe...) but these were not good.
Maybe it was because I bought Market Pantry mix instead of Bisquick.
Or maybe it's because I did it wrong.
I don't know.
But they were not good.
Tom and the family say otherwise...but I really think they were just being nice.
They were dense and dull, not fluffy and light.
The only thing that tasted good was the top of the biscuit that had the butter concoction brushed over it. 
Because butter is amazing.
I don't know. Next time I attempt these, there's going to be some changes.
Maybe a whole different recipe.
You could try them yourself. 
See what you think.
Tell me if yours turn out!


So that was my fun day in the kitchen. 
Fun and yummy day.