Recently, I got to hang out with 2 of my best friends ever!!! One of my friends just came back from a study abroad trip in Spain and I haven't seen my other friend since December. Needless to say, it was a big day (hey, that totally rhymed and I didn't even plan it out. hehehe). Alexia showed up first and she helped me get started in making the spanakopita. Ok. So, what really ended up happening was that I looked at the recipe and then basically just added everything except the kitchen sink (and the feta cheese). I found out that I HATE feta cheese! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! And yes, I know, Spanakopita is not authentic without feta cheese, but it still would have been good if I hadn't added too much salt. I'm started to sense a pattern with me cooking and using too much salt. Sadness. Anyways, we couldn't really eat the Spanakopita because it was too salty, but the strawberry shortcake that I had made for dessert was a good way to make up for the Spanakopita failure.
I went to the library yesterday and I picked out a whole bunch of baking/cook books. I got home and basically went through all of them and realized that they weren't very good. I mean, I'm sure the recipes are delicious, but I didn't want to try any recipe if there wasn't a pretty picture to go along with it. I know, I know, you can't judge a book by its cover but a pretty picture just makes me so happy!!! So, it's just too bad for those authors that didn't put in pictures. I won't be trying their recipes, but Michele sent me a lot of food blogs that I can look through. I feel like a kid in a candy store.
In other news, I signed up for my classes for next semester! It's an awesome feeling to be going back to school, but I have my doubts about whether I'll be able to really be studious again after such a long break from school. I guess only time will tell.
