spontaneous cooking

I normally buy some stuff and then look up a recipe with those items I already have. My cooking can be spontaneous. I rarely follow recipes. It's more fun that way. The other day I cooked two different things for dinner. It may not look fancy but yummy dinner appreciates diversity.

I talked about my curry spice mix in a curry soup story. I still have a bunch left so I decided to cook some potatoes with it:). I adjusted the amount of spice mix for my taste this time. I probably added less than a teaspoonful of it into 2 cups of water. To prove the mildness, the color of soup turned out brown instead of red. I just let the onions and potatoes absorb all the good flavors. I say it was a success! I need to get more potatoes and some rice for next time.

I have wanted to eat macaroni and cheese since kris mentioned it. I saw instant boxes in columbus so got two of them;D. It really was a piece of cake to make it. Just boil macaronis and mix everything in a pan! I haven't had this much of chedder cheese in a while<3 Actually over the weekend, Carolyn told me that the only difference between white chedder and yellow chedder is the food coloring! I assumed two kinds of chedder cheese existed. According to her, people don't make a big deal out of it because the coloring is natural or something.

Curry, Rather Bland

The first and only time I ever had curry was at the JSO Welcome party last year. That was over a year ago now, but I still remember how much I enjoyed the curry. Ever since I had thought about trying to make it, but never braved it until a few weeks ago. I'm didn't really use a recipe because I have yet to find one that I like. The first attempt was ok, but a little watery.

I had my second attempt at making Japanese curry a few days ago. Unfortunately I still don't think I've got it right yet. When I think of curry I think of the spice, all the smells and flavors. I imagine successful curry will make your house and clothes smell like curry for the rest of the day. I think I should invest in a fan to blow smells from the pan to the living room. My curry has not yet lived to its potential. It was good enough for me to eat way more than I should have, but still not up to what I think of when I think curry. I will definitely be trying this again soon. I have actually found a recipe to make the curry spice blend from scratch, perhaps that is what I need to reach my goal of awesome curry.