I am pretty lucky. My boyfriend is super supportive. He is happy to help me through college; he is supportive about creating a business to sell homemade remedies and teas; he's pretty much an awesome partner really.
I think I am also really happy to have someone that I can cook with. It's so much fun. I have never had that before. And he's a gadget person, so buying random shit is not an issue, but in fact, encouraged.
I also have been looking at recipes. Not a big deal, you may say. It's not really. Except that I do not use recipes. Everything I cook, I make up along the way. I do not bake usually. If I do, it's cookies in a tube or boxed cake. Too many rules to follow!
But cooking...I am like a little mad scientist. "I wonder what will happen if..." and I just go for it. I have seldom been off. The only real times I have is when I tried cooking for my PB (psuedo boyfriend / peanut butter / best girlfriend ). PB is German as hell and loves her some bland food. I try to replicate dishes for her when we do dinners and they always taste like crap. So she thinks I am an awful cook. It's funny really.
The man and I are often on cooking sites. I am especially, really. I think it's because I know he is game. It makes cooking less of a chore.
Though I am happy with him, I have been a snare "blargh" in general so haven't been posting. Malaise! I need to remember that it's something I like to do. I apologize for being negligent. But I'll leave you with a recipe.
You can thank Smarty, as she saw me post something about it on Facebook. My sister made this at Easter since I told her I could not eat chocolate. How precious is that? I told her fruit would be fine, since she was already making fruit salad. But no - she had to make this crack. We brought some home and I am totally making it for Mac's birthday.
Enjoy!
What You Need
84 NILLA Wafers, divided
6 Tbsp. butter, melted
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
2-1/2 cups cold milk
1-1/2 cups BAKER'S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut, toasted, divided
Make It
RESERVE 24 wafers. Crush remaining wafers; mix with butter. Press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Refrigerate while preparing filling.
BEAT cream cheese and sugar with mixer until well blended. Whisk in 1 cup COOL WHIP. Carefully spread over crust. Stand reserved wafers around edges.
BEAT pudding mixes and milk with whisk in medium bowl 2 min. Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP and 3/4 cup coconut; spread over cream cheese layer. Top with remaining COOL WHIP and coconut. Refrigerate 5 hours.
How to Toast Coconut
Toasting coconut is easy. Just spread BAKER'S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut evenly in shallow baking pan. Bake at 350°F for 7 to 10 min. or until lightly browned, stirring frequently. Or, spread in microwaveable pie plate. Microwave on HIGH 3 min. or until lightly browned, stirring every minute. Watch carefully as coconut can easily burn!
WARNING! This stuff is highly addictive.
