Two things about this photo 1) I'm not sure what happened to my picture, but I LIKE it!2) I did indeed take my cookies to the porch for a glamour shot
But I wasn’t about to let a 2 year-old with a weak immune system ruin my day, so I set to work making one of my favorite cookies. They’re luscious and chocolaty with a fruity punch from the wine and dried fruit. As my trusty stand mixer Yenta transformed the butter and sugar into fluffy peaks, I realized how grateful I was to have her in my life. A lot of people choose to wait until they’re married before they taste the forbidden fruits of the Kitchenaid mixer, but I’m too impatient, too reckless, too hungry. So I succumbed, and satisfied my desire. And you know what? I haven’t regretted it once.
The Top Five Things
in your kitchen
that shouldn’t wait for marriage
5) Storage containers. This might sound silly, but, I don’t like flimsy little glad-wares that I can never find the matching lid for. Buy some that you’ll like and use, and then pack tomorrow’s lunch in ‘em.
4) An enameled caste-iron pot. I recently acquired one, and while it’s not the Caribbean Blue Le Creuset that I lust after, it was about 1/6th the price and still makes a mean loaf of bread.
3) A good blender. Brother C got me one for my birthday a couple years ago, and I use it constantly. In the summer I make smoothies (and milkshakes), and in the winter I probably eat pureed soups 2 or 3 times a week. I love me some liquid nutrition!
2) A Kitchenaid. Guys dig kitchenaids. or maybe it’s the cookies that seem to spring fully formed from their gears...
And finally, the Number 1 kitchen tool no single person should be without...
Knives! Who needs a man(or lady)-o-steel when you’ve got a block-o-steel in the kitchen keeping you safe.
in your kitchen
that shouldn’t wait for marriage
5) Storage containers. This might sound silly, but, I don’t like flimsy little glad-wares that I can never find the matching lid for. Buy some that you’ll like and use, and then pack tomorrow’s lunch in ‘em.
4) An enameled caste-iron pot. I recently acquired one, and while it’s not the Caribbean Blue Le Creuset that I lust after, it was about 1/6th the price and still makes a mean loaf of bread.
3) A good blender. Brother C got me one for my birthday a couple years ago, and I use it constantly. In the summer I make smoothies (and milkshakes), and in the winter I probably eat pureed soups 2 or 3 times a week. I love me some liquid nutrition!
2) A Kitchenaid. Guys dig kitchenaids. or maybe it’s the cookies that seem to spring fully formed from their gears...
And finally, the Number 1 kitchen tool no single person should be without...
Knives! Who needs a man(or lady)-o-steel when you’ve got a block-o-steel in the kitchen keeping you safe.
Speaking of knives, Z has a disturbing/interesting, but mostly disturbing, new hobby that you'd be interested in.
ReplyDeletetook me nearly 17 years of marriage (and a starving recently returned missionary selling CutCo door to door) to learn the value of a good set of knives.
ReplyDeleteFive is right and I love your top five. <3 <3
ReplyDeleteAmen... I am calculating my left over loan money in hopes of a kitchenaid in the next semester or two.... I might add to #4, just a good set of cookware all around. I don't understand people who would rather burn their food and scrub cheap, thrift-store pans whilst awaiting matrimony. Adonized aluminum is fairly roommate-proof and cooks like a dream :-)
ReplyDeleteAmen to good storage containers and a blender - they are so vital! Although I think we have something of an overflow of containers right now ;)
ReplyDeleteFive, Yes. I don't know what to do about Z.
ReplyDeleteT, I'm glad both you and that poor kid benefited from your investment!
Babygonzo, I concur!
wait, you're single?
ReplyDeletewell I'm not married... but I am coupled.
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