Intermediary

I have actually been cooking; it just hasn't been anything that really required any effort. I made chocolate chip muffins from a mix to bring to one of my classes. I had to buy a muffin pan, but I figure I'll have to make muffins again one day, so it's an investment really. I was a little worried about making them because my mom told me that dark pans are more likely to burn the food, but I couldn't find any light pans at Target (Don't give me crap about Target. I've only been in T-Town for two months and don't know anyplace better to get my cooking supplies). I covered the little cups in butter, though, so everything came out just fine. I'm not personally very big on muffins, but I may try to find a good recipe from scratch. With chocolate chips, of course. I don't abide by that fruit crap. My general rule for cooking is: Is this ingredient healthy? Then throw it in the trash.

Next, I made eggs. I saw Emeril the other day just throwing stuff into his scrambled eggs, so I just went to town one day. I put in green onions, bits of turkey slices, shredded cheese, and cayenne. The green onions were good because even when I didn't get a bite with onion, the onion essence was still there. They are definitely a keeper. I might try bacon next time instead of the turkey, because I can't really taste the turkey as much. Or the cheese. I definitely need to play around with it some more.

Next time: I bought the Paula Deen pots from Target, and the first thing I'm going to make in them is a Croque Madame recipe from Williams-Sonoma.