Cooking day!

Let's caption my day.  I baked today!!!!

First, Alex and I did a trial run on our red velvet cupcakes for her Dexter premiere party.  These are the naked cupcakes.  They are made from scratch, not a stinky box mix :)

Next, we dressed the cupcakes up with lovely cream cheese frosting.  Thick, creamy, not too sweet.  Perfection.

Next up came the blood.  It's Dexter...there has to be blood.  The final product will have a sugar knife in it, but we haven't gotten those yet.  I love Halloween stuff =)
(mom says this is why the two of us are in therapy.)  :) lol.











Then came the real cooking.  This is called a borscht, but it's really a beef stew with beets.  It has stew beef, bay leaf, carrot, celery, onion, garlic, tomato paste, shredded beets and cabbage.

This is the finished product.  Obviously, red is the color of the day.  :-p  

Obviously, all of this cooking has made me red too.  :) 

I had a really great day with Alexandra.  We usually do.  It is so nice to have a friend that gets where I'm coming from, and has struggled with similar issues.  We met in our outpatient group, and while generally it is frowned upon to hang out with people outside of group, sometimes it's OK.  We're the exception to the rule.  My clinician was glad that we connected, because she thought that we could be good support systems for the other.  We are.

Until next time, I'll just keep having more fun in the kitchen!