Cooking For One…Triumph or Tragedy? |

I went to Brazos Books today to pick up Dr. Brene Brown’s book for the TEDxHouston Book Club and while I was browsing I saw a cookbook entitled “The Pleasure of Cooking for One”.

My Current Mr. Right

I quickly thought, I love cooking and there is only one of me, this book is perfect. Then a wave of sadness came over me, nothing like a cook book to point our your alone in this world At first I thought that the cashier would give me the sympathetic “it’s ok you’ll find Mr. Right someday” look, but instead she smiled and said “hey! I got this last week and I love it.” A comment I was more than welcome to hear. Anyway, I purchased the book and quickly found a recipe that I could prepare this evening and took off for the grocery store.

Half way through the veggies I noticed a guy looking at the cover of my book and he smiled. I don’t know the meaning behind his smile, but I am guessing he was smirking at the fact that I would willing walking around Kroger with a sign in my basket flashing “I’m Single! I’m Single!”. Nevertheless my interpretation is up for debate.

Chicken Divan- So Yummy!

As I was cooking my meal this evening, Chicken Devian, I started thinking about the art of cooking. It’s really not something that everyone can do. My mom is an AMAZING cook, and I have learned a lot from her over the years, the most important of these lessons, how to improvise when missing ingredients and timing timing timing. Tonight I replaced extra dry sherry with extra dry red wine. You can have that tip for free, your welcome.

The dish came out perfectly! It was delicious and I actually ate some broccoli which is unheard of for me. I wanted to call my mom and friends to share my success and then it hit me, I’m not alone at all. I have an amazing family and incredible friends to share my life with. I am surrounded by nothing but love and support, I couldn’t be alone if I tried!