i cooked

last weekend, i went to a super wal mart to get some groceries and stuff. not my favorite place, but i was astounded at the bill. for what i spent, just over a hundred, i had so many fresh fruits and veggies. (normally i'd be balking at the pesticides, unfair business practices, pick your own social issue---but today, i'm choosing my battles and decided to get the conventional stuff from wal mart of all places. there. i can breathe now.)
so today i cooked up a storm.
i had purchased this large bag of pretty golden delicious apples, for snacks...etc. today i made a pie. my first real apple pie. with my first real homemade crust. it was delish. i won't scare you with a picture, as the pie was crude and i think my 5 year old could have done better, but it tasted yummylicious.
then i made some pumpkin cranberry scones from a mix i got a few weeks back, so good. not too much sugar. like it that way. then on to banana bread. finally eggplant parmesean. MAN. that was good. wow.
i love my cast iron cookware. food really cooks well in it, but i had to practice so as not to have everything stick. ya gotta know when the bottom is ready to be lifted. i didn't buy that feature, so i've been doing the trial and error version, mainly error. but EVOO (for all of you non-Rachel Ray viewers out there, that is extra virgin olive oil) heated remarkably well, quite smooth... and it was the most flavorful taste of olive oil i've had. musta been the bread crumbs. some brand i've never used.
steamed some broccoli, ate dinner. and pie.

i love cooking. i really do. it's rare a day that i'll ignore the bidding of my demons and actually do as i please. i even let ethan play playstation for over a hour. no shit!
then we watched Ice Age, the disney flick. twas nice. if you must sit through it, it's not awful.
i went to hallmark today. you know those music centers they have at the end of some aisles that you can sample the music by pushing the cd picture...??? i bought 3. one for my girlfriend for Christmas, and 2 for me. one is this awesome french cafe music, called Springtime in Paris. the other is Zen. i must check iTunes to see if i can just get it there.

blessings be!