Oct. 29- Cooking Challenge

I don't cook. I bake, but I don't cook. I hate it actually and it really intimidates me to have to cook for other people. I even hate the grocery store because it overwhelms me with all the choices today...seriously how many different kinds of canned tomatoes do we need? I get so distracted at the store that I usually end up leaving with very strange combinations of things and nothing to really make a meal out of. Lucky for me Tom cooks and he's quite good at it. He even likes to go to the store which is why he's really my night in shining armor.

It's my turn to bring in breakfast for the morning crew at work tomorrow which is about 10-12 people. I would normally run to Panera and grab a coffee cake and some fruit and call it done. But since I'm trying to force myself to do new things this month I must try making a real recipe from scratch. I didn't want anything too hard so I searched for a recipe on the Food Network and found a breakfast casserole from Emeril Lagrasse. I had none of the ingredients so my first step was to make myself go to the store. UGH! It took forever because of course tonight is the night when all good parents are running to the store for those last minue Halloween treats for the school party tomorrow. Long, long lines at the check outs almost had me backing out of this challenge, but I stayed on task and made it through.

The recipe called for cooked sausage and I don't ever touch or cook meat because If I have to watch it cooking, I can't eat it. So I cheated a little and asked Tom to do this part for me. I did do the rest though...cracked the eggs, shredded the cheese, chopped the green onion and sliced the bread. I assembled it all in a large casserole pan and placed it in the fridge for overnight. Tomorrow when I get up I'll bake it and take it to work. I don't know yet if it's going to be edible but I did my best. My co-workers are expecting Panera so I hope I don't disappoint. Maybe I can step up to a dinner party next...nah, probably not.