after a great day of signing paperwork for my new job, doing some LONG-overdue-ironing, and beating the storm at shelby farms with a friend, i came home to cook dinner. callie, my friend from school who went to shelby farms with me, came over for dinner. {we knew it was going to rain yesterday afternoon but we still wanted to go walk/run (mostly walk because we are out of shape) because it felt so good outside and it's going to rain the rest of the week. as we were walking around patriot lake, we could see the huge storm clouds heading our way but we still made it around the lake once and left before it even started raining. it was kind of neat because i had prayed earlier that day for the rain to hold off so we could get a little exercise in and it did just that! God even answers the "little" prayers in life; i think He knows just how much the little things matter to me.
ok, back to my dinner story. i planned to try this pinterest chicken recipe for dinner and needed to use the chicken that i set out to thaw. so i invited callie over but warned her of the potential disaster that could follow. either she is a really good friend or extremely brave (i think both!). without hesitation she accepted my invitation and came over. {side note: i didn't leave the apartment tidy before i left but luckily nathan beat me home and was able to straighten up before we got home!}
when we got home, i started to prepare dinner: get the chicken in the oven, put the corn on the stove, bake the rolls, make the veggies (and by that i mean, put them in the microwave to cook.) nathan, callie, and i were just chatting, carrying on some good conversation. i just love having company when i make dinner; it makes it far less torturous! as i prepared the chicken, i hoped that it would turn out as good as the pinner said. this is what i saw on pinterest...
reading this description, i thought "oh wow, that's so easy i could do it, it sounds/looks good, and nathan would even eat it. let's try it."
so i made it but i didn't follow the directions to a "t." and that's where i think i made my biggest mistake! i like things saucey (i was even called saucey in college for loving to have my bbq swimming in sauce) so i decided to put more sour cream, yogurt, and parmesan cheese. needless to say, this was a bad idea. my chicken looked nothing like this and for that exact reason, there is no picture to show my failure.
while the chicken was very tender, it lacked any flavor. i apologized to callie numerous times for the awful main entree. she politely said it was fine and better to have a home-cooked meal than a hot pocket.
even though dinner didn't turn out as well as planned, it was nice to have a dinner guest who kindly ate it anyways. good company, somewhat-good food, good times.
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