Day 1

Ok so since today is the 5th and I have been cooking since the 1st I will begin this as my first entry and progress through my days here is day 1.............

Day 1 1/1/2010

Ham and Macaroni

ok so to start off my new year of cooking I found a ham that we had sitting in the freezer and a fresh pineapple, I started by taking out a broiling pan and covering it in aluminum foil, which saved me a lot of cleaning time in the end! Next I preheated my oven to 325 degress then I put about 2 cups of water in the pan then took out the ham and placed it on its side in the pan, I then cored the pineapple under a container, so I could collect all the juices. After it was cored I cut the pineapple into rings and placed them all over the ham, at first I wondered how i would get them to stick but then realized just by placing them on the ham they stick on their own! After placing the pineapples on the ham I poured the pineapple juice into the bottom of the pan to mix with the water, when the oven is preheated place the pan in the oven, you will need to cook the ham for 25 mins per pound. So in my newness to the cooking world I did not baste my ham every 20 mins with the juices, I only did so a couple of times, for the 2 1/2 hours I cooked the ham. As a side dish I created Macaroni by velveeta, not hard and I had made it before but I could not serve the ham with nothing. Overall for my first try I think I did a pretty good job, only a couple spots of the ham were overcooked due to not basting enough.

....ok so there is my first entry done now just a few more to go to catch up, this one was pretty straight forward but I hope to progress my blog as I progress my cooking, soon I will start to post pictures of my dishes so you can see them for yourself! feel free to leave comments with your own recipes, or tips or even just to offer your words of encouragement, all comments are appreciated!!!