Susanne decided that today was the day she would get back in the kitchen and cook it up. She had always had a passion for cooking, but recently she could not find the time to dedicate to it. She had previously picked out a few things that she wanted to make. She had spent some time looking through different cookbooks to find diet friendly recipes. She wanted to find some that were dairy free and soy free, but still tasty. It was much easier than she had expected.
Susanne had picked out a few recipes to try. One recipe was a pasta dish with pancetta, asparagus, and roasted pine nuts. Another one ended up being a beef pot roast with vegetables that could be set up in the slow cooker. Finally, Susanne needed something sweet to go along with everything so she was going to make some banana bread. It was surprising to her the things that were recommended as substitutions for the dairy and soy products in the recipes. It was even more amazing that it was difficult to tell the difference. Her favorite part about cooking was that she could be creative. Even though she would use a recipe some of the time, she always made adjustments and tweaked it to her liking. Susanne knew that she might have bitten off more than she could chew, but this realization came a little too late. The prep time took much longer than she had expected. This posed a problem because Paxton was on such a strict schedule. Even though Susanne didn't have one secret ingredient to work with, she still felt like she was on Iron Chef America racing the clock. She was juggling multiple tasks at once. Stirring this, chopping that. You get the idea. It truly felt like she was in Kitchen Stadium...allez cuisine!
Even though she tried so hard, she did not get to the banana bread. She would have to save this for another day.
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