Epic cooking disaster

Tonight I had an epic cooking disaster. Which happen frequently, but was made worse by the fact I was cooking for someone else - someone who just had a baby and was mostly likely sleep deprived. I actually had 2 meals to make (for 2 new babies!), but only one was a disaster. Tonight I made:

• pumpkin roll


• pumpkin cookies


• mac and cheese


• honey mustard chicken


• rice


• sweet and sour chicken


• green beans with pine nuts

The sweet and sour chicken was done first, and since there was extra, I served up plates for Josh and I. Yuck. We could barely eat it. In doubling the batch, something went terribly wrong. And the rice was soupy and gross. About half the time my rice turns out badly, but this time was worse than usual.

As I stood in the kitchen, surveying the catastrophic mess that I had created, about to cry, wondering what to do about ruined dinner and how I had nothing to feed my friends, I get a text from another angle friend - with the offer of a Georgetown cupcake - delivered. I have the best friends. While I don't have dinner for my friend tomorrow, the cupcake and visit made me  feel better - maybe I'll try again tomorrow.