I thought once school ended I would have more "free time", but that does not seem to be the case. It seems each waking minute of every day is filled with something. The kids of course want to do things now that school is out, and the last two weeks for me have been spent looking for another rental close to the kids school so they won't have to change too many things at once. Then there is the usual, laundry, dishes, cleaning, more laundry, yard work, errands, paying bills, and then work on top of that. I guess when you have "free" time it is easy to find stuff to fill it with.
Today was not a very successful day in the kitchen. A couple of weeks ago I made some banana bread and it was not too bad but the sides and bottom were over done. So I did some research and asked around and thought maybe a silicone pan would work better. I went and bought two silicone loaf pans, made it up and put it in for 15 min less that the recommended time. Sure enough it was burn on the bottom.. again, even more than before. I dont think it was the pans fault. I think I should have shortened the time and the temp a little since the recipe called for a bundt pan and all I had were loaf pans.
I then went to make these Malted Milk Cookies for dessert, and the recipe seemed simple enough. the dough tasted fabulous. So I plopped the cookies down and what came out of the oven after only 8 minutes (recipe calls for at least 10) was not as the picture shows. My husband lovingly said, and I quote, they looked like "cow patties with bird shit on them". Um yeah, he was actually kinda right. The cookies caramalized and readily outgrew the pan they were on running into each other and dripping to the bottom of the oven causing a nice charred stench in the house. I can honestly say that I have never been so traumatized by having a food failure as I was today.
For dinner I made the Panko Mozzarella Sticks again and the were fine, we had fresh salad with lettuce from our CSA farmer, Urban Green Harvest , and Brent made a tenderloin from naturally and humanely raised pork from The Princess Farmer that we picked up from the co-op last week. It was a really good dinner. That sort of makes up for the horrible cookies even though I have a feeling I won't live it down. I still have no idea why they did not cook properly.
Tonight marks my beginning of an experimental adventure. I decided to take on another job working for the Idaho Statesman delivering papers. Only time will tell what will happen or how it will all work out. All I know for now is 2 am comes really early and I'm scared to death I'm going to piss some grandma off because I didn't put her paper where it was supposed to go, or someones paper got hit with a sprinkler and got soaked. Working 2 jobs might seem like a lot but like I said, it's an experiment.
We will be moving to our new place in about a month. I decided I am going to have another garage sale so during the day I am going through and finding anything I possible can to put out there. This year has surely been a rollercoaster with its ups and downs, in a way a bit like my cookies. It sounds like it should be fabulous, but when you take a bite its all one big mess.
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