It’s Good Food Friday here at mamacino…the day I am supposed to present you all with a simple, delicious and healthy recipe for you to whip up and feed your family. Well…not today, I’m afraid.
It hasn’t been a great week in the kitchen.
I might be known amongst my family and some of my friends as being a bit of a perfectionist. The one who always does the right thing, has a tidy house, never swears (I LOVE saying the ‘f’ word in front of my brothers…they think it is the naughtiest thing ever and whisper and giggle in hushed tones about it). My laundry is always tidy and the basket empty. I make most of our food from scratch…I have even made my own cheese! I know how to fold a fitted sheet and my hair is usually blow dried. However.
However.
I am not perfect…I am so far from perfect, I don’t even know the language. I’m getting used to this. I’m starting to own my imperfections and even embrace them. And so…I am sharing this catastrophe of a cooking week with you….
from pinterest…
This week I made dairy-free ice cream. Well, it was okay…but not good enough to share. I am going to keep working on it though because I think it could be awesome.
My chief taste tester…
Then I made a dairy-free, gluten free chocolate cake. I know, I know…asking for disaster! I had big plans for this cake. It was for a friend to say thank you for saving me from my children when I was so sick with sinusitis last week. This gorgeous friend will be here any minute and the cake is sitting on the bench looking more like a pancake…I’m not sure what to do with it…maybe it will taste okay…maybe.
Even the play doh I made for the girls was second rate! It’s currently stuck all over my table and rolling pin…and a few bits have even been smudged into my good Turkish rug for good measure…oh dear.
On a brighter note…I am digging these new kicks I bought on line…I might use them to run out these failures and come back to the kitchen bright and optimistic next week!
Fancy!
And so I have nothing. Nothing to offer you. Maybe just have baked beans on sour dough with pesto or hummus…that’s what we’re having!!
Have you ever had a cooking disaster? Tell me your tales of imperfection in the kitchen to make me feel better….it’s not just me, is it?
Have an awesome weekend!
mamacino x
Mamacino you crack me up ! Your bad day is my everyday (I’m dead seriousl) haaaa. I wish I could keep a clean house effortlessly, cook like an international chef (most days) and not swear like a trooper but hey we all have a good points..I always marvel at species like yourself and my friends , it seems to come so naturally…but the world would be boring if we were all the same….at least thats what I tell myself to make myself feel better LOL…..LOVE your runners by the way.
Next time you have a disaster cooking day pop by my page I posted my attempt of cookies a while ago…burnt to hell they were, but delish after i scraped the burnt bits off!
I love that you scraped off the burnt bits, that’s hilarious! You do happen to write a pretty amazing blog…that’s worth a lot in my book xxx
Dear gawd, my whole life is a kichen disaster! I’ve had some doozies in my time, especially when doing gluten free or dairy free or egg free experimenting! Taking out those ingredients makes it tough.
Yes…I think cakes have butter, flour, sugar and eggs for a reason, lol! Oh well…we will continue to try…we are great triers us mums xx
I often burn the bejesus out of things because I am blogging or facebooking. PS looking hot in those runners Mamacino!!
yeah, you like those? Hot pink! I also got a couple of pairs of lycra running tights for good measure…under the ‘if I build it, they will come’ philosophy! The worst part about stuffing up our kind of cooking Sonia is that it costs a freaking fortune! It was about $30 worth of ingredients for this cake, lol….luckily there is still lots left to have another go…it actually tasted good and might work as a brownie!
yeah, think positive ! gluten free is a completely different texture… hey whack some cream and berries on top and make a trifle !!
Good idea!
Love love this post but sorry it didn’t work out. Enjoy your run of you get the energy. I am loving my new runnin shoes… Though
My obsession with Sarah Wilson has led me to the barefoot runners site and I found some great shoes there too… Haven’t bought them yet. How was the ebook? Going to purchase tomorrow I think.
The e-book is great…has some really good, simple ideas for going sugar free. I’m not as restrictive as Sarah but great to have alternatives without the sugar to go to x