Smells Like a Bakery in Here!

Day 19 and 4 more recipes checked off the list!  A total of 54 recipes so far completed and 1046 left to make.  The hardest part of this project is making things at night, after the kiddos are in bed.  I just want to sit on the couch and channel surf, but it ends up being my baking time.  The "Martha Diet" (aka - eating cakes and cookies after 10 pm) is not good for the figure, y'all!  A run/walk routine is in the works for this woman just so I don't weigh 500 pounds by the time this project is finished.

Our house became "Casa de Hunt" tonight when I made some Hispanic dishes for dinner: arroz con pollo and Cuban black beans.  The chicken dish was sp-i-c-e-y but delicious, and the black beans were yummy, especially loved the cilantro.  Dan came up with the brilliant idea of making burritos out of the leftovers tomorrow for lunch.  Consider it done, mi esposo!

Arroz con pollo and Cuban black beans

The darn sweet-tooth in me usually wins out every night.  I also made honey cake and honey cream-cheese frosting to go with it.  Since the cake is still baking in the oven and the frosting is in the fridge, I'll post a picture of the completed cake in tomorrow's blog.  Once again, the house smells like a bakery.  

I just cleaned up the kitchen for the second time tonight; the numerous clean-ups and dishwashings are a bummer.  My kitchen seems to always be in a state of disaster (although it's fairly clean right now).  Here is a picture of what it looked like earlier.

The mess during the making of the Cuban black beans.

Goodnight!

MELISSA