Pesto Pasta and Burnt Offerings

Robby and I have made our second dinner/dessert and it was a success. At least to us. Our journey to culinary mastery is a slow and humbling one but with each meal we eat without having to visit the hospital and get our stomachs pumped is a victory. Tonight we ventured passed the safe world of sandwiches into the slightly less safe world of pasta. I know making pasta can be intimidating to some what with all the boiling water and pouring the pasta in a pot but we met this challenge with great enthusiasm. While boiling Robby's organic Fusilli pasta, I attacked the chicken with a vigor that would make Anthony Bourdain shudder. I put too much oil in the pan and it essentially worked out for the better because it turned out to be a form of fried chicken which was quite good. The pasta was then mixed with diced tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, chicken, and of course pesto. The pasta was better than we had anticipated so we got cocky and of course hurried through dessert with an undeserved arrogance.

We attempted to make the perfect chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies but ended up burning half of them beyond repair by placing them on the lowest part of the oven. But there was still a silver lining in the charred remains of our second dessert attempt. The first tier cookies above the charred cookies used their burnt brethren as a makeshift shield to make themselves edible, albeit deformed. We salvaged them before it was too late and if they were not that too delicious, our friends lied to us to make us feel better or once again Robby's french press coffee saved the day.

Oh yea, Robby and I found $12 bottles of wine for $6! This of course made all the shortcoming of dessert slowly fade away from our memories as friends helped us enjoy the half priced wine. Thanks Kroger!