So today after completing three job applications, I finally signed into the website to discover all of this nonsense awaiting. I'm slowly completing the 150-question diagnostic test with TV breaks in between every ehh 30 or so questions, while coming to the realization that I remember
I really should have started posting pictures of things I cooked last week [during the post-law school-graduation period when I went crazy with my new KitchenAid mixer]. I'm also proud of all the things I found at the thrift store during that downtime and the fun pillow I sewed out of the excitement of having absolutely nothing to do. I'll do a few though...
I promise the quality of photos will increase, but for now, a jelly roll. Reminds me of my childhood. I may have only had a few before I made this one, but they are sooo delicious. Only takes 5 eggs and some parchement paper to get a cake to roll up like that. Oh, and there's a whole jar of raspberry preserves in that bad boy. Recipe via this lovely cookbook thanks to an ex who hated me so much he would not return to my house to get all of his possessions. I think his mother gave it to him. I also got to keep a nice blender.
Pound cake with lemon glaze. Cake recipe is from the same cookbook above and the glaze is from Southern Living, though I had to substitute half and half for whole milk. Delicious, or so everyone says. I found it a tad dry, but I blame that on Harris Teeter's lack of "cake flour" or maybe I just didn't look hard enough. I had to use a larger pan than I would've preferred so it was wider and shorter than it should have been, thus the close-up. Thanks, Instagram.
This homemade pasta with shrimp and pesto is the result of an effort made much easier by the aforementioned KitchenAid mixer and a pasta maker that my grandma gave me. Although it can be done with sheer willpower, a rolling pin, and a knife, having a few machines makes homemade pasta a much easier endeavor. And it is SO WORTH IT. The noodles are much more tender, cook faster, and just f'n awesome. I even froze some of them that were leftover [and I also froze a ball of dough because I was worn out from making so much- hope that was okay.]
Anyway, this is what the noodles looked like straight out of the pasta maker. Pretty cool.
For a nice little appetizer, my friend Matt brought over some foie gras he had frozen at his apartment for about two years. I googled how to sear it and we made it happen, balsamic glaze and all. Granted, between the three of us it was like two bites a piece, but those two bites were phenomenal. Cruelty be damned. Unfortunately that whole cooking and eating process happened so fast there are no pictures.
Well, on a different day, I set out on a quest to use the $10 yard sale sewing machine that my grandma also gave to me. I knew I was gonna be cheap about it, but thanks to the biggest thrift store I've ever been in, the Durham Rescue Mission, I was able to complete this exquisite piece for 75 cents [the pillow was .50 and the scrap "linen" was .25]. Those are some very cultured tiny monkeys. I even have fabric leftover. I learned how to make a pillow cover so I could change them as I pleased, and I also didn't want to trap my pillow in something I sewed if it ended up being terrible and ugly on my first try. Seriously, you can learn to do anything from blogs, like this one.
Thanks to a coupon from a nice man there, I was able to get SO much stuff for so cheap! In addition to the pillow ingredients, I got the short stories of Sherlock Holmes and a Southern Living cookbook from the book section. I went through all of the ladies' denim until I found a pair of Joe's Jeans for $3 [yea, they're regularly like $160, no big deal], and a pair of Express jeans that I used too make some sweet cut-offs. I got two coffee mugs and a liquid measuring cup for the kitchen. Then I found a Martha Stewart queen comforter that will be great for my duvet that currently holds a too-small quilt. Then, in order to get to $20 worth of stuff so that I could use the $5 off coupon, I found some sweet novelty hats. Now I can pretend that despite being an unemployed law student, I stayed at the Ritz in the Caymans. Or what's more likely, that I shot some ducks for bucks.
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