I AM WATCHING A HARRY POTTER SPECIAL ON NBC AND LOVING LIFE. Eleven-year-old Daniel Radcliffe is so cute!
</nerdy obsession> Now for the actual post…
Since I’ve been quite the shlump for the past 24 hours (I watched season six of Sex and the City in its entirety), I decided I should cook myself an actual meal. While finding out about Carrie and her new, creepy Russian boyfriend Aleksandr, I flipped through my Canadian Living cookbook and found a recipe forSpanish Chicken with Peppers. The recipe looked easy enough and gave me an excuse to go to one of my favourite stores,Grace in the Kitchen, located a short walk from my humble abode. At the store, I bought the best bread ever, a simple white loaf to go with my meal (it has a more impressive name, I just forgot it…sorry!). So the chicken turned out awesome, and I really liked that the sauce had ham in it – it added a nice unique contrast to the tomatoes and red peppers.
While I ate my scrumptious chicken, I had dessert cooking in the oven. My Wildberry Crumble turned out amazingly, considering I had to create a single-serving recipe using approximate ingredient estimations. Thank god for all the extra frozen berries we had in our freezer! They were perfect for this after-supper treat.
I’m really busy this week, so I’m not sure how often I will be able to post on here. By the end of the week, however, you can be sure that I will have gotten sick of soup noodles and will need a good meal…
Hilary Makes 
Ms. Duff, I’m thinking of a challenge for you. Get ready…
Bring it on! I can’t wait!
Okay, I’ve got it.
Yesterday I was snooping around the Interweb for some dessert recipes when I found a brownie recipe that looked amazing. It was brownies made with cocoa and… wait for it… black beans. So I’m going to make that ASAP. Now, here is your challenge:
In light of this cocoa and black bean epiphany, make something that contains an unexpected, out-of-place ingredient.
GO! (And good luck!)