Creative cooking.

Can I just say that I am probably not the best cook ever? I kid you not. I can be a mean baker, but cooking can be a tad bit scary. Every time I have actually cooked something it was with an experienced cook, usually my mom, and they did most of the work or told me exactly what to do. Well tonight I was hungry and did not want to waste my money on delicious 99 cent Filiberto's tacos (so good!). Now being a college student there are two things that I have a plethora of; Mac & Cheese and Top Raman. So I pulled out a box of Mac & Cheese for dinner. Okay so here is some more background information on me and cooking. Living with my sister-in-law Morgan, I have learned a few things about cooking. At dinner we usually talk about cooking and trying different foods and all that fun stuff.  Can I also just say that she is an amazing cook and I am so grateful to be learning from her? In fact I have gone outside of my food comfort zone to taste her cooking. I have to say that it is super amazing and makes my mouth water just thinking about it! Okay, now back to making dinner. As I read the instructions I noticed that I needed milk which of course was not available to me at this time (as how cooking/baking usually goes for me) so I thought I would just add in water. While the water started to boil, which took forever, I looked through the refrigerator and noticed the sour cream. Confession time, old Cassie wouldn't have touched the sour cream with a ten foot pole let alone know how to use it in cooking. However, I have learned a few things this semester. Exhibit A: how to eat sour cream and have it taste good on food. Exhibit B: how to cook with sour cream. So after thinking about sour cream, I decided that it would work way better than water as a substitute for milk. Once the noddles were cooked and I successfully drained the Mac & Cheese without burning myself I added the butter and sour cream. I was getting excited because it wasn't looking half bad. Let's all be honest with ourselves plain Mac & Cheese just isn't as exciting as MEXICAN Mac & Cheese. This leads me to say that another lesson I learned from my sister-in-law is that Mac & Cheese can taste even better when you add in some flavoring. So I put in some salsa, rummaged through Morgan's spices and added some oregano, basil, pepper, and salt, mixed it all together and took a bite. Let me tell you I totally loved it! A little spicy but really good. Then my brother Doran came home from work, so I let him have the other half and he said it was really good too. I was super satisfied with the job I had done on the Mac & Cheese until I realized that Doran will eat almost anything and say it is good. If you don't believe me ask his wife, she knows how it is. Oh well, I enjoyed it and I am pleasantly full. Job well done Cassie, job well done!