I decided to make what I like.. so I stopped by the store on the way home,
and was all ready to make my first entire meal sans cookbook. It was just
for hubby and me, the kids ate before I got home. (lucky kids).. I intended
to make:

-boneless skinless chicken breasts sauteed in olive oil, garlic and those
little sweet onions (not green onions and not pearl onions.. i forget the
name)
-fresh baby spinach leaves, sauteed in olive oil with black pepper (again,
this isn't intended to be gourmet, it is just what my tastebuds like)
-steamed cauliflower florets with diced red pepper
-steamed asparagus with butter and lemon juice

What I actually made, however, was:

-boneless skinless chicken breasts that were raw (yes, raw!) in the middle,
with burned garlic, and little onions. I put plenty of olive oil in the pan,
and yet when I lifted them to turn them over.. I ripped some of the flesh
off, as it stuck to the pan. haha
-spinach leaves, but only one serving. Who knew it would shrink so much? I
am tempted to email the FDA and ask them to require manufacturers to put on
the package: WARNING: Shrinkage does occur, and all the viagra in the world
isn't going to correct this.
-cauliflower florets and stalk, with diced, mushy red pepper. By the time I
cut off all the black spots, there wasn't much left of the cauliflower, so I
added chopped up stalk.
-steamed asparagus with butter and lemon juice, that actually turned out
great! <gasp>

So.. hubby and I fought over the spinach and asparagus, then flipped a coin
for pizza or chinese. I won.. so it was chinese.

Ok, so bring on all the shame as well as the tips!
lucy