Cookin' with gas

T finished hooking up the gas line yesterday and I'm proud to say we had NO LEAKS! I have been lusting over Rookie Cookie's recipes and made two of them last night. For dinner we had baked pasta with eggplant, sausage and tomatoes. http://www.rookie-cookie.com/2010/01/baked-pasta-with-eggplant-tomatoes-and.html

The veggie gardener heads out the door at about 7:20 so breakfast is a challenge for him. I made these whole wheat, flax and berry muffins to ease his early morning hunger pains. http://www.rookie-cookie.com/2009/07/whole-wheat-berry-muffins.html

It was so familiar and relaxing to spend the evening cooking and cleaning in the kitchen together. I love the team effort with the reward of delish food at the end. I'm SO happy that we have a kitchen to cook in complete with OVEN and our new KITCHENAID MIXER!! Smith's marketplace had them on sale. The artisan mixer was $330 and on sale for $300. The ultra power mixer was $300 on sale for $200. So we sacrificed 25 watts and 1/2 a quart in our mixing bowl.

We are so happy. We have had a running joke that the only reason we want to get married is to get a Kitchenaid. Now the joke is that we are never getting married since we already have it. I guess there will always be the attachements and a food processor :p