Domestic Goddesses in the Making

Rachelle and I have never really cooked for ourselves. Sure, I can throw together a pretty good meal. I can make you an amazing, gourmet sandwich. I love mixing yogurt with bananas and cereal and other fun things. But cook? This is a new concept to both of us. But it is something that we attempted to get past last night. Little did we know exactly what this would involve ...

Last night was the night. All our roommates were gone. Rachelle and I were hungry. Conditions were perfect. I made a playlist of fun music, blasted it on my laptop, and we set out to journey into the unknown. Last week when Rachelle and I went grocery shopping we were adventurous and bought a box with all the flour and seasoning and wine sauce needed for chicken marsala along with frozen chicken. This was our night to prepare it.

For live coverage, check out these two videos:

PART 1

PART 2

We had many unexpected complications along the way ...

1) We forgot to defrost the chicken beforehand. It took minutes and frostbitten fingers for me to finally separate the styrofoam from the chicken.

2) We didn't know how long to defrost it for. Rachelle suggested two minutes. Bad idea. The chicken was still a rock.

3) Only later did we see that our box suggested purchasing "pre-cut" chicken for easier preparation. That might have been nice to know.

4) We cooked the seasoning in with the chicken, thinking that the seasoning and flour were supposed to be mixed in together. They weren't. The seasoning was supposed to be one of the last steps.

5) Our concerned neighbors came in because they saw smoke coming from our door and wanted to make sure that we hadn't left the stove on and that we were still alive. It was actually water vapor, not smoke, but their reactions were still priceless.

But you know what the most amazing part was? Our dinner was DELICIOUS! Somehow, our blunders did not jeopardize our dinner, and we greatly enjoyed eating our first-cooked meal! And we are definitely not scared of cooking, and we're greatly anticipating our next endeavor.

P.S. IT'S SNOWING HERE!!!