Dinner Fail

So I'm at it again in the kitchen. I fail miserably, often.

And that's okay!

I'm a newlywed, fresh out of college, and learning how to cook. You would think that with my mom owning Family Feast, I would have learned how to cook some things. Nope. I call her often to ask for recipes, the same ones usually. She finally sent them to me so I no longer have to badger her about those few recipes I know turn out well.

One of my greatest fails was when we still lived in Lubbock. I was making pot roast in our new crock pot, and I was super excited. So, I invited about six of our friends over for dinner. Low and behold, the pot roast was not fully cooked in time for dinner. So, we ended up going out. I felt awful. I had invited all of these people over for a free meal, and we were all out buying chinese. At least the chinese was good.

On my way home from work tonight, it occurred to me that I did not put the pot in the crock pot. No worries, I spent the morning preparing everything so that all I had to do on my lunch break was put the pot on the crock portion (I think that makes sense…?) and turn it on. BUT, I did not come home for lunch today! And I had planned on not coming home. I am a crazy person. So, in my desperate case for food, we are having spaghetti. But I'm not complaining. I could eat spaghetti every night. I love pasta.

This is not the first time I have failed at making dinner. There have been times when I'm at work and remember, 'Oh, I didn't plan anything for dinner tonight…'. Yeah, awkward. I come home starving, David's hungry, and nothing. We just dig up whatever we can between the fridge, freezer, and pantry.

At least this time I had something semi-prepared. Right?