Week 1 = Epic Fail

I'm sharing the picture of the Colorado Burrito portion of the dinner. It was pretty good. I love enchilada sauce and cheese and tortillas. Those parts were all good.

If I make this again, and I might, I would reconsider the stew meat. I just don't care for it, but I also don't know enough about using a slow cooker to know what to substitute.

I also got to use my new convection oven/toaster/ broiler thingy, so that was cool.

My mistake? Baked beans and cornbread. Blech! Very unpleasant. Maybe because I overcooked the cornbread. Maybe because I don't really like baked beans, even when they are made with bacon.

Lessons from this meal -

• Plan ahead. I kept waiting for inspiration to hit. It never did. Then I panicked and went for easy. It's not that easy isn't good, but I wouldn't have been stuck with something half-assed if I had thought through my meal just a bit more. 
• Ignore Erica's suggestions. It's not that she's a bad cook,* but she will fuck you up if she gets the chance. Ask me why I hate green peas so much. 

Week 2 is Bears at 49ers. Two awesome food cities! I had better start planning now. 

VA

*If you get the chance, go camping with Erica and Chris sometime. They make an awesome campfire team.