Crepes and the Oscars

I started my first week of new cooking with something fairly easy: crepes.  I love everything about crepes.  I could probably eat a crepe everyday of my life.   When deciding on which crepe to create, between breakfast and dessert, I couldn't so I made both (if you couldn't tell by now, my decision-making skills is not my strong point).  Surprisingly, crepe batter is unbelievably easy to make.  Flour, milk, water and eggs mixed together in bowl.  The real feat was the cooking of the crepe.  I would like to give a shout out to all you crepe artist out there that make crepe cooking look easy.  By the end of the batch I think I got the hang of it, but I am a far ways away from opening up my own crepe shop. My breakfast crepe consisted of egg, homemade breakfast potatoes, and cheese, topped with some home made hollandaise sauce.  I've been wanting to try making hollandaise sauce for a while now, and I'm glad I did because it was AWESOME.  And extremely easy.  In my breakfast crepe I put nutella, strawberries, bananas, and a dollop of homemade whipped cream, which was absolutely delicious.  I say my food venture this week went fairly well.

BEST PART: NUTELLA NUTELLA NUTELLA

WORST PART: 3 hours in the kitchen and a ridiculous amount of dishes. 

The fishbowl has been started!  I've added a few movies, but there are definitely a lot more coming.  In honor of the Oscars I decided to make a special edition Oscars fishbowl with movies that were nominated (not just best picture, but the movies of supporting actor/actress nominees, best animation, etc).  I picked August Osage County, with Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep, but you can guarantee that the rest of the movies I didn't pick are going straight into the real fish bowl for future watching. I really enjoyed August Osage County.  I LOVE Meryl, so any movie with her in it is fine by me.  The movie is about a (dysfunctional) family that is brought back together after the father, Meryl Streep's husband in the movie, is found dead after he went missing a few days before.  The movie focuses on the odd family dynamic between the characters, and uses the relationships within the family to drive the storyline.  Definitely a good watch.  FYI, there is a curve ball towards the end of the movie that will give you an "OMG" moment.  

BEST PART: Meryl Streep and Julia Robert's amazing performances (oh and we can forget Benedict Cumberbatch...meow)

WORST PART: The ending.  It had me saying to myself "Really?  That's it?  That's how they're going to end it?"  It's safe to say that the ending was somewhat of a disappointment to me.

This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship

When asked to pick something to base my blog around, it was ultimately came down to a fight between two of my favorite things: film and food.  During this heavy debate between which one to chose, I thought to myself there is no reason I have to choose between two absolutely amazing things in my life...so I didn't!  That's right, you will be getting a weekly dose of my food and movie expeditions.  My goal is to view (at least) one movie a week, as well as try out (at least) one new recipe to whip up.  Join me as a venture through the trials and tribulations of cooking while I expand my appreciation for the wonderful world of movies.

I finally have no reason not to create my "bowl-o-movies".
The idea is pretty simple: I get a fish bowl (or fish bowl like receptacle), and write down every single movie I've ever wanted to watch on slips of paper, and put it into the fish bowl.  When I am ready to sit down and watch a movie, I pick one from the fish bowl AND HAVE TO WATCH IT.  No putting it back in the fish-bowl, no picking a new one, no "I'll just watch Clueless again" (side note: I have a MAJOR problem with re-watching movies I like over and over again.   Hence, my embarrassing lack of knowledge in movies that apparently everyone and their mom have seen...cough cough "Fight Club")  As I find more movies I want to watch, I continue to add to the fish bowl, therefore, there will always be a new movie for me to explore.

I'm considering making a fish bowl for cooking recipes to go along side the bowl-o-movies", but I haven't decided yet whether two fish bowls in my room is going to through off the feng-shui.  More on that later.

If you guys have any suggestions to what I should add to my fish bowls, film or food, please leave them in the comments below.