My New "Hobby"

Ever since I've been married, I've found that feeding a man is a very difficult job... He eats at least twice as much as I do, so it's like preparing food for 3 "me"s.! Regardless, cooking has now become a hobby of mine and I try to make it as colorful and experimental as possible! And now I'm discovering that it's fun to try new things! So a few nights ago I made tacos... nothing really special, I know, but what was the most fun was using my new dishes for a fun presentation! So here's a picture so you can see. I was pretty proud of how nice it looked. And yes, I do get overly excited about the little things in life!The next few pictures are from a kitchen escapade last night! We had a package of pudding and thought we'd make a chocolate pudding pie. Okay! Easy! I can do that! Fortunately, I had a pie crust leftover from the package I bought to make a quiche the other night. Soooo I stuck the pie in the fridge (my sparse little fridge - just the way I like it! Don't buy more than you'll make!):
So then, while the pie was chilling, I remembered I had some heavy whipping cream leftover from that quiche as well and I thought to myself... well I think I'll make some whipped topping for my pie! So I got on the lovely, convenient internet and looked up a simple recipe: 1 cup heavy cream, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tsp vanilla. I was so happy when I realized that I had everything to make it! SOOO I began to whip my cream with a whisk. What seemed like forever later because my wrist was going to fall off, it was still runny. So, I thought I'd add the sugar and vanilla to see if that would help in the thickening process. Nope. Not with the whisk. So I broke out my grandmother's old egg beater that I've had for a couple years and haven't used yet! And it was a miracle from heaven! Right before my eyes formed some whippy, light, and DELICIOUS whipped topping for my pie. I was so excited! I'm very much a canned- or frozen-dinner kinda girl, so making something by scratch, which I would normally buy in a tub, made me incredibly happy. Like I said, I overly delight in very simple things! :) But here's a picture of the finished produ Trevor was so excited when the pie was finally chilled and I brought it out for us to eat! Can you tell? Haha...
A typical shot of my pie with a piece missing and the piece on a dish right next to it. I'm a dork. Indeed. And I really was excited :)
Well...we ate the entire pie last night. Just the two of us. We're disgusting :)

I'm just glad that I have turned something that could be a "chore" into something I enjoy!

Mazal Tov!