{"id":1136,"date":"2015-07-29T19:02:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T19:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2015-07-29T19:03:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T19:03:56","slug":"the-first-thing-i-cooked-in-my-new-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/the-first-thing-i-cooked-in-my-new-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Thing I Cooked In My New Kitchen."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a lot of romantic ideas about what The First Thing I Cooked In My New Kitchen would be. But then &#8211; the first thing my new oven ever cooked in its life was a Stouffer\u2019s lasagna, and the second thing was these <a href=\"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/crispy-parmesan-potatoes\/\" target=\"_blank\">crispy parmesan potatoes<\/a> to go with a rotisserie chicken. And I mean &#8211; I love those potatoes. And I was jealous that my three-year-old ate the leftover Stouffer\u2019s. They&#8217;re just not the epic inaugural foods of my dreams. Today we knocked out some zucchini bread, so I&#8217;m feeling a little more at home. And I mean, who needs to unpack\u00a0anything else once the KitchenAid mixer is back in business?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tippy and Sister, phony ponies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/128435151@N07\/19498029714\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/526\/19498029714_011169b3df_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tippy and Sister, phony ponies\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now that the kitchen is organized(ish), I&#8217;m left\u00a0to figure out why (on my no-one-will-ever-miss-this unpacking purge) I can\u2019t bring myself to throw away knock-off dollar store My Little Ponies whose hair was only ever straggly and is now gone. They were a potty prize and they\u2019re junk, I know they\u2019re just junk, but their names are Tippy and Sister and I feel kind of sorry for their bald little phony pony selves, and so I put them in the storage closet with the other toys that I will <del>rotate every two weeks<\/del> drag out on a rainy day to save my sanity without actually putting away other toys.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"a fraction of the Talenti container stash\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/128435151@N07\/20094375416\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3778\/20094375416_ede980af22_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"a fraction of the Talenti container stash\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also: let\u2019s talk about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talentigelato.com\" target=\"_blank\">Talenti<\/a>. <em>Dear Talenti gelato, thank you for being you. You are everything.<\/em> Without Blue Bell, I had to turn somewhere and let&#8217;s just say I&#8217;m happy here. But it\u2019s creating a problem, since my hoarding streak doesn\u2019t allow me to just recycle the containers. I haven\u2019t figured out exactly what they would be useful for\u2026but surely they\u2019re useful for something\u2026? Maybe they\u2019re the new baby food jar\/film canister and my daughter\u2019s preschool teacher will be so thrilled that I have a few (okay, a few times five) to donate?<\/p>\n<p>Caramel Apple Pie was my fav flav. But then I tried Tahitian Vanilla and oh.my.word. I haven\u2019t combined\u00a0it with <a href=\"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/blueberry-peach-cobbler\/\" target=\"_blank\">blueberry peach cobbler<\/a> yet but it would be DYNAMITE.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m optimistic about posting a recipe <del>soon<\/del> at some point in the future. Until then, please try one of these that I\u2019m drooling over:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howsweeteats.com\/2015\/07\/summer-chicken-pot-pie-crostata-with-herbed-crust\/\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Chicken Pot Pie Crostata with Herbed Crust<\/a> from How Sweet It Is<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reluctantentertainer.com\/2015\/02\/baked-pistachio-lemon-salmon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baked Pistachio Lemon Salmon<\/a> from Reluctant Entertainer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodiewithfamily.com\/easy-garlic-and-ginger-glazed-sticky-pork\/\" target=\"_blank\">Easy Garlic and Ginger Glazed Sticky Pork<\/a> from Foodie With Family<\/p>\n<p>And check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melskitchencafe.com\/how-to-get-mels-free-ecookbook\/\" target=\"_blank\">free eCookbook<\/a> from\u00a0Mel&#8217;s Kitchen Cafe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a lot of romantic ideas about what The First Thing I Cooked In My New Kitchen would be. But then &#8211; the first thing my new oven ever cooked in its life was a Stouffer\u2019s lasagna, and the second thing was these crispy parmesan potatoes to go with a rotisserie chicken. And I&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/the-first-thing-i-cooked-in-my-new-kitchen\/\">Read On &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/betondinner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/19932659550_66153b9a83_z.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59xGs-ik","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1136"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}