Remind me again why I try?

I got the urge to cook a soup today. My favorite is butternut or acorn and I happened to find an "easy" weight watchers recipe that was only 2 points a serving. So I thought I'd give it a go.

I made sure I had all my ingredients that I needed; even drove all over town looking for parsnips ... which for some reason are hard to find? I roasted the veggies while simultaneously whipping together the beginnings of the frozen peanut butter chocolate pie I had planned for dessert (another weight watchers recipe = 4 pts). Everything was going so well. A little too well. Ease in the kitchen is not my MO, so I knew something wicked was coming my way.

The next step was to purée the soup. Sounds simple enough. I stared at the food processor, thinking long and hard about what I was soon to attempt. I knew the basics of how to use it, but had only previously operated the device under tight supervision. This was a big leap of faith in my own abilities. Har har. First, I made sure the bowl was locked in tight. I poured in the veggies and liquid. But as I tried to lock the lid onto the bowl, suddenly the fresh-from-the-stove hot liquid started seeping out the bottom of the bowl. WTF? I have never felt so helpless ... watching 3 cups of chicken broth and 1 can of evaporated milk flood my counter top.

After practicing a few more times with water in the cuisinart I realized where I went wrong. I had the bowl latched the wrong way so that when I snapped on the lid, it was forcing the liquid out. Once I got that part settled I was good to go. It just wouldn't purée the soup as finely as I needed it to. I was in no mood to keep fooling with the food processor. My next step involved the blender. Which had a puree button on the front. Simple as pie. I was so happy that it was able to fix my poor soup.

In the end, my kitchen disaster ended up righting itself. But not before a few things were thrown across the room and a few cuss words were said. I never said I was a lady in the kitchen.

Neil shared this article with me and I thought it was funny. http://www.slate.com/id/2226512/
Mostly because one of our friends made us a recipe from the Julia Child cookbook. But it's not something I would ever have patience for. Especially if I can't even handle a recipe just 2 sentences long.

Also, seeing as how I dirtied two outfits during the cooking process today, I foresee a cute apron in my future.