Before getting married, I worried about many things about wifehood, mostly about domestic duties. I’ve never been particularly fond of cooking and cleaning, so I looked toward household maintenance with some apprehension.

I’m not sure how I’m doing on the cleaning part, but I’ve discovered that I actually like cooking. Lincoln calls many of my meals “Abby Specials” because I don’t use one particular recipe to create my dish. I like “tinkering” with pieces of recipes so that I can make something with the ingredients we actually have on hand. Last night, I made monkey-tail bread (I did follow the recipe, though), which is banana bread with chocolate chips and peanuts. To use up the leftover mushed bananas, I made hot fudge-banana milkshakes (for which I did not have a recipe).

Lincoln helps with the domestic duties–he is more interested in cleaning than I am, so he does cleaning, but he also has contributed to the cooking side. He made dinner for us on Saturday night: chicken fried rice. It was quite good. :)

So far, Lincoln says that I’ve been successful in all my cooking endeavors. Just like a baseball player batting 1.000, I know it can’t last, but I’d like to keep the streak going as long as possible. Any suggestions or recipes would be greatly appreciated! :)