So here's the truth: I decided to start this challenge last week after talking with my friend and seeing Jessica Seinfeld's "Double Delicious!: Good, Simple Food for Busy, Complicated Lives" recipes on Oprah. I printed out the Crockpot Lasagna recipe and intended to start.
The first issue was that the recipe online was incorrect. I discovered this because I gave the recipe to a coworker who was cooking-smart enought to realize that one can of crushed tomatoes is not enough sauce for two containers of ricotta, twelve lasagna noodles, and whatever else is in there. Upon further investigation, the recipe is supposed to have three cans of crushed tomatoes.
So here's problem with cooking #1: Those of you who say, "Cooking is easy; just follow a recipe!" are full of it. If I had spend six hours (counting grocery store trip, assembly, and cook time) making a dry-as-bone lasagna because the recipe was misprinted and I am not cooking savy, I would have been livid. While assembling, would I have eventually realized there was not enough sauce? Sure, because I like sauce. But I proabably would not have been confident enough to modify the recipe on my own. Would I have thought to go read the reviews and see if there was an issue with the recipe? Maybe. But we'll never know.
So that was last week. I got invited last minute to a haunted bike tour and ran out of time in week one. This is week two but I've been cleaning for book club and have not made it to a grocery store. If I buy the ingredients while shopping for book club tomorrow, I may squeeze the recipe in on Sunday. If not, I'll be Recipe #1 Week 3. Who said I could handle this?
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