Ugh dinner...

Hey guys!

So I just got home from...well sort of a strange day. I'm going to tell you all about it in my next post later this evening, because it was bizarre. But right now, I am trying to sort out what to have for dinner. I'm feeling obliged to cook because I have a ton of ingredients ready to go, the only problem is: I DO NOT cook. My cooking skills are embarrassing. Most of the time bad things happen to me in the kitchen. For example, once I was transferring a hot grilled cheese to the plate from the pan and disaster struck. Picture this: glass plate in my left hand, grilled cheese on a spatula in my right hand. Somewhere during the transfer I managed to burn myself on the stove...Grilled cheese went flying, plate went crashing to the ground, Plate smashed into pieces, whilst grilled cheese separated into two and landed on my cell phone, gooey, hot cheese face down. I felt bad for my cell phone but it survived. Things that shouldn't catch fire, catch fire. I've over-boiled water so that it burns the bottom of the pan and ruins it. In short, I am a hot mess in the kitchen.

I also don't understand the science behind cooking. I don't really know what works with what and can't really create a solid meal. I like to improvise a lot too which really just adds to catastrophe. My boyfriend Matt, however, is a very good cook. You might think "well then you're all set! No problem!" Sadly Matt would love it if I cooked. If it were up to me, I'd have cereal morning noon and night. In a few short weeks I will be heading over to move in with my beloved and much to my dismay, the cooking lessons will begin. Two Christmases ago he bought me a cook book and then last Christmas he bought me an apron...is he trying to send me signals here? My cooking skills will be put to the test over the next year and I plan on covering the highs and the lows in this lovely blog, so get ready!

As for tonight...I just got a free promotional bag of food from Barilla. They were giving them away at Columbus Circle today. It had a box of spaghetti, tomato sauce and a box of salad greens in it. Not to mention I have chicken in the fridge ready to be cooked with tasty Barbecue Sauce from Dinosaur BBQ, which is a famous BBQ joint near my apartment. So now I have all these options and I don't know what to do. I'm sure I'll come up with some weirdo concoction and share it with you all later.

Wish me luck!!!