"Son, any statement that begins with 'I really ought to -' is suspect. It means you haven't analyzed your motives."

Yay for burn-free cooking! This week's cooking was much simpler, yet still tasty! Thursday night I made banana-berry smoothies, and man were they good! The recipe called for bananas, yogurt, and strawberries, and then my pick of blueberries, raspberries, or blackberries. Since blackberries were the cheapest of the three berries, I went with those, and I wasn't disappointed! I hadn't made smoothies yet with this blender I received last year, and it was a little tricky getting everything blended, probably because there was so much fruit and yogurt that it nearly filled the blender to the brim. But once everything was mixed, Matthew and I each had a giant glass of delicious smoothie. It took a while to finish drinking because it was so thick! I had forgotten how much I love berries, and I am making a mental note to buy a lot more berries once I have more money.

Matthew and I both had work from about 4:15 to 10:30, so I made the new dish as a late lunch. I decided on this peas and mushrooms dish because I already had the frozen peas, half an onion, and all the spices. The only thing I had to buy were the mushrooms, which is good considering how much I had to spend on the berries! The lunch was pretty good; it's mostly meant to be used as a side dish instead of the whole meal, so it wasn't incredibly flavorful. The recipe called for just salt and pepper, but I looked up different herbs in my cookbook to find one that would be compatible with the recipe and chose marjoram. I love using my rotating spice rack, which Matthew's mom was nice enough to buy me as a shower gift! It has all these dried herbs, seeds, and spices, and I'm trying to use them more often in my cooking. I'm not too familiar with marjoram, but it worked well in this peas and mushrooms dish!

Cooking: 22/75 completed

There's not much more to say. I'm in the middle of Heinlein's Have Spacesuit, Will Travel. It seems like it could fall into the category of young adult and sci-fi, but I'm going to stick with it because it's still a good book. The beginning was entertaining, especially Kip's father. His character is amusing, witty, and intelligent. I loved how he dumbfounded the tax collectors by proving that he can use cash to pay for everything, including his taxes. I should be done with that in a few days, so there will be a full review soon!