Epic Dinner Fail

So first, I want to say that I'm sorry for being MIA. I used the lack of a computer as an excuse, but I've decided that it's acceptable to blog at work (esp. considering I work in markerting and everyone is pushing social media).

I have so many things to blog about since my last posts back in March, but I figured I'd start off small and ease my way back into it with a silly post about my epic dinner fail that I had last night.

Lets start with the fact that I haven't really grocery shopped in forever! I think it had been about 2 and a half weeks since I went to the store. When I went I stocked up on my usual, tons of fruits and veggies, hummus, yogurt, all the good stuff and no junk. Unfortunatly, after I shopped I worked late just about every night (and by late I mean the earliest I got home was 10pm). And lets be honest, if I'm getting home at 10pm I am not making a real meal. So all my yummy produce got thrown away. However, I did also pick up this apple cinnamin chicken sausage that sounded interesting and that had a much longer shelf life.

Fast forward to last night when I no longer had produce but decided to make pasta with my sausage and homemade cream sauce. I decided I would try to make the sauce with almond milk to make it healthier. MISTAKE! First, I ruined the first batch of sauce because I was distracted by my fantasy football draft (more on that in a later post). Anyone that knows how to cook would know that you need to watch the cream sauce the entire time and stir frequently. Needless to say when I returned to my kitchen several minutes later I had a sauce mess on my hands. I dumped batch #1, washed the pan and tried a second time after my football draft was over. Even on the second attempt my sauce did not come out so great. I followed the recipe for a typical alfredo sauce, but I think because I used almond milk the sauce never really thickened and got the right consistency. Then my parmasean cheese never really melted into the sauce. All in all it was a messy disaster. I ate it with my pasta and sausage, and even cut up a few chunks of mozz cheese, but I don't think I'll be attempting that again (unless I use cream this time).

I like to try new recipes and things in the kitchen a lot. Usually they come out pretty tasty, but this time it was a bit of a flop.

What are some of your cooking horror stories? What are your favorite recipes to make? Can anyone teach me how to make a homemade cream sauce?