My pedicure buddy and cousin by marriage is celebrating the 7th anniversary of her 29th birthday tonight.\u00a0 She asked if I would mind bringing a plate of appetizers to help her out.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mind.\u00a0 I love to cook.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This morning I made the sheepish call to admit that I got on a bit of a roll last night and made not one plate of appetizers, but 5.\u00a0 FIVE!!!\u00a0 What kind of person does that?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I had planned to take the easy way out and just make baked brie.\u00a0 It looks hard, tastes delightful, and is super easy.\u00a0 When I got to the market, I spotted the most beautiful French bread and decided then and there that it would hurt nothing if I made bruschetta, too.\u00a0 Cutting the tomatoes for the bruschetta reminded me of all of the gorgeous vegetables I had in the fridge, vegetables which needed to be eaten this weekend.\u00a0 That\u2019s when I made up my mind to make a cool veggie pizza.\u00a0 An unexpected abundance of green beans led to green bean fries, and the cream cheese in the refrigerator door became the basis for dill pickle roll ups.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a sickness.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure what to call this sort of mental illness, but I\u2019m not sure anyone wants it cured really.\u00a0 Do they?\u00a0 I always cook too much food.\u00a0 Last Thanksgiving I made two complete turkey dinners simultaneously while keeping track of every ingredient because of food allergies.\u00a0 I love to make good food for the people I love.\u00a0 I love it so much that I sometimes lose my mind and make 3, 4 or even 5 times what is expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I grew up in Texas where we learn early on that \u201cFood is Love,\u201d and if loving you is wrong do you really want me to be right?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My pedicure buddy and cousin by marriage is celebrating the 7th anniversary of her 29th birthday tonight.\u00a0 She asked if I would mind bringing a plate of appetizers to help her out.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mind.\u00a0 I love to cook.\u00a0 This morning I made the sheepish call to admit that I got on a bit of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n