Lesson One

Today I learned a seemingly obvious but still a highly important lesson about cooking/baking. A lesson that I think everyone who has set foot in a kitchen would be highly familiar with but with a little luck will still run into now and again: burning food. Now, I now that this is not necessarily a fun thing to deal with, wasting food, cleaning the pan, the shame of burning a dish. Now imagine doing it twice in one day. On the first day of my culinary journey... A little embarrassing I do say so my self.

A gentle reminder to all of those who fall victim to distractions,
READ THE RECIPE.

Even if you have made it a million times before, who knows when your brain will give and your confusion will take over and your oven suddenly becomes 100 degrees hotter than it should be. So as a simple reminder of over temperature or cooking times should never be looked down upon... trust me, I know.
As for my second encounter today with a charred substance barely recognizable as food, all I can say is I should have learned the first time. As my friend and I salivated over a squash, sweet potato and lentil soup we managed to turn the heat on high and leave the room for a tantalizing game of Master Mind. Only to find the soup void of liquid and smelling of carcinogens. Oops. Well now my first lesson has been learned.

NO BURNING will take place form here on. And I welcome this challenge. Wish me luck and stay tuned for more :)