Day 1: Fail

I'm beginning to rethink the whole cooking thing. My dinner plan was chicken, a spinach salad with strawberries and rasberries, pine nuts and a vinaigrette and couscous. Sounds good right? Yeah. Wrong.

It was a complete disaster.

First the chicken, which we dipped in flour, egg and bread crumbs and tried frying in olive oil would not cook. The outside burned and the inside never really got all the way done. It wasn't even because the pan was too hot either. I think the chicken was just too thick. I told Luke we should stick to chicken nuggets, and I don't mean the homemade kind.

Second the couscous, which was out of the box, was gross. I have no idea what was wrong with it. I'm going to give myself the benefit of the doubt and say it was the flavour of the couscous which was parmesan...Which I would recommend avoiding.

Last the salad, which looked so pretty, might have been good if it wasn't for the wee bit of excess of vinegar. It was probably the best part of the meal though.

I ended up picking at the salad and taking a few bites of the rest before just throwing it away and eating cheez-its for dinner. So much for cooking. Luke and I decided we need to get rich and just hire a chef. Someday I'll probably look back at this and laugh. Right now it's just pathetic and frustrating. Boo.