Meal # 1...........

.......was an epic fail.

crap, Pats going to hand me the divorce papers the second he gets off the plane.

>sigh<

OHHHH WELL! (on the meal failure, not the divorce...sorry ladies. He's miiine ohh mine)  ;)

Meal # 1 - Shrimp and Crab alfredo.

5 Lessons learned :

    1.Noodles turn to mush if not stirred,strained,heated properly. (I should have realized this when Patrick first tried to cook me spaghetti for Valentines dinner one year...sorry babe, I love you!)

    2.Pay CLOSE attention to what type of shrimp your buying. Don't buy whatever I did, it won't saute and it will taste like seafood dirt.

    3.If you're not making the alfredo from scratch, make SURE you have purchased enough of the canned kind.

    4.Brocoli isn't supposed to crunch when it's in pasta....

    5.Not all crabmeat tastes the same..who knew there are like 6 different kinds? Stupid crabs.

Look Ma! I can cook!

 Shrimp!

Helping Mommies cook :)

The gorgeous centerpiece :)

The final product.

My sister and I had a blast trying to make this dish. She was trying to teach me how to go about balancing differernt parts of prepping the meal while cooking others. Too bad the entire thing gave you the worst after taste haha. I Learned a couple of lessons that will hopefully help meal # 2 become a success!

Babe,

  Geez, Im sorry I suck. I promise it will get better! I still have 5 more months to learn haha, that, or we may be eating ramon noodles and grilled cheese the first couple months you get home haha. All else fails, I can't really screw up TV dinners! :)  I miiiiiiiiiisssss you bunches and I can't wait for that first kiss!

Love you mean it xoxo

    -Kels