As most people know- I am not a world class chef.  My meaning of a meal is take out.  It’s mostly because Todd and I are so busy and I never know when we’ll/he’ll be home to eat a good meal (or at least I’m gonna use that as my excuse!)

So- I have been cooking things here and there.  I made Todd lunch quite a few times this past week.  I felt like such a good wifey when he came home from work for lunch and sat down to a great meal.  And no- it didn’t consist of a frozen meal or out of a can! I cooked!

I decided to make a roast for Todd Friday night.  I went to the grocery store and went straight to the beef section.  There I found pot & oven roasts.  I decided a pot roast- you cook in a pot… and an oven roast- you cook in an oven… right?!  So I opted for the oven roast – just over 2lbs. 
I was so happy to tell my mom about what I had bought- and her question to me was “you bought a what?”

I also told Jessica who made me think that choosing meat and cooking it was harder than I was anticipating.  I guess I might’ve oversimplified things… you buy an oven roast, you cook it in the oven.  What could go wrong?  And if it did- it was my first roast- so that would be my learning curve!

I spent that afternoon on Friday boiling potatoes and making Todd’s grandmother’s recipe for mashed potatoes (in my opinion- the very best mashed potatoes in the world!).  I used the mill to make the lumpless potatoes (there will be NO LUMPS!) that Todd’s mom had given me for Christmas year’s back.  I tend to forget of all the cool cooking stuff that I have… and don’t get to use…

I then put the roast in the pan with some carrots around it and cooked it for the amt of time it said on the directions on the outside of the roast.

LET ME TELL YOU…. It was SHANTASTIC if I do say so myself!  I was so proud of myself!  I would’ve taken a picture of it if I could’ve found the camera right away!

Now I’m ready to take on the kitchen… grocery store- LOOK OUT- here I come!