So, I’m the type of girl who wants it all. I want to be a career woman, a loyal friend, a grateful daughter, and now a fabulous wifey! Taking a page from the 1950’s, pre-bra burning era a wifey takes care of the home, her husband, and her childern. Although I firmly stand by some of my feminist thinking I do want to be good at all of those “domestic” duties.
Challenge #1 – Improve cooking skills.Yesterday, I decided to surprise Mike and cook dinner for us. I pulled up a recipe titled “Easy Chicken Cutlet” – sounded like something right up my alley – and chose instant pasta as my side.
I started by pulling out a few different bowls – one for the eggs, one for the bread crumbs, and another for the washed chicken (apparently I’m overly paranoid about salmonella). I rummaged through the cupboard for different spices to sprinkle on the chicken once I had breaded it and pulled out the frying pan. Then poured a cap full of oil onto the pan and threw on my first cutlet.
I questioned myself on how long I should leave the chicken cooking on each side and so ran to ask Mike. When I got back there was an unusual amount of smoke in the air. I flipped over the chicken per Mike’s instructions and realized I was a little too late. The chicken was mostly black and crispy. I finished cooking that piece and put the next cutlet on the pan. I did this 5 times…apparently I’m not a person who improves with trial and error (at least when it comes to cooking).
Needless to say, we didn’t really enjoy the Surprise Chicken Cutlet meal. BUT I did force us to eat it!
Smokey, messy kitchen
Yummy Burnt Chicken
Mike showing me how it's done
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