Making Dinner: Week One

For Good Works in YW, it asks you to make dinner for your family for two weeks. After doing this for a week, my family's lucky they haven't died from my... creations. You learn something new every day I guess....

DAY ONE
Dinner plan: Cheeseburger Soup
What went well: It tasted fine and everyone ate it.
What went terribly wrong: Ever tried "Better Than Bouillon"? Well, I hadn't, and nobody told me that you're supposed to put a cup of water in with every teaspoon of that greenish glop... So when the recipie said, "Boil broth and onion mixture", I thought, What is there to boil?, and moved on. Let's just say that Mom wasn't very happy...

DAY TWO
Dinner plan: Yummy tortellinis (to all y'all, they're Tortellinies with Tomatoes and Basil.)
What went well: I didn't miss any ingredients this time! And it tasted delicious!
What went terribly wrong: To everyone's surprise- NOTHING!!! :)

DAY THREE
Dinner Plan: Chili and Breadsticks
What went well: Once again, I didn't miss any ingredients. And everything tasted fine. Now, preparing it....
What went terribly wrong: Let's just say that I like to skim through the directions, and then just do what I remember being on there. And I didn't remember "let the breadsticks rise before you put them in the oven" being on the paper. Luckily, Mom did. I shudder to think what might have happened if she hadn't looked around and asked me, "Where did the breadsticks go?", and then rushed over to the oven and snatched them out.

DAY FOUR
Dinner Plan: Scalloped Potatoes
What went well: The potatoes tasted yummy and were easy to make. And I was in the mood for something cheesy; this satisfied that particular craving! :)
What went terribly wrong: Not anything, this time! It did feel weird sitting there with just me & Sadie (Mom, Dad, Cameron, and Andrew were at Scout Day Camp).

DAY FIVE
Dinner Plan: Homemade Pizza & Root beer
What went well: See Day Two
What went terribly wrong: The root beer wasn't quite as fizzy as I had hoped, but it got better as the night went on! Don't you just love dry ice?

DAY SIX
Dinner Plan: Cereal
What went well: We didn't starve. Except Andrew. He didn't want to eat until it was too late. (YOU'RE TOO LATE!!! MWAH HA HA... ha...he... ((name that movie)) )
What went terribly wrong: How can you go wrong with cereal? Unless it's Cocoa Roos... :P

DAY SEVEN [Father's Day]
Dinner Plan: Spagetti ala Carbonara and (for dessert) Lemon Bars
What went well: Mom agreed to make the Spagetti stuff if I made the lemon bars and the salad.
What went terribly wrong: Once again, Mom caught me before the scene had all played out. BUT, instead of 16 oz of sour cream, I almost used 16 oz of Cream Cheese. The lemon bars would have been a little strange with that much cream cheese...

And that's dinner so far. I'll put tonight's dinner with next weeks post... and I hope your dinners have been a little less... eventful (is that a word?) than ours!

Ciao!
~Lindsey