I was a little ambitious today. Waking up in the morning, I thought that I could complete my to do list that had only four main things to do for the day: 1) Laundry, 2) Grocery Shopping, 3) Make tonight’s dinner, which I decided to be lasagna, and 4) Make two different types of truffles.

At the end of the day, I’ve completed two and a half of the 4 things on my list. I had to sacrifice the one thing that I could hold until a little bit later: laundry. I did my shopping, and I ended up making a fabulous lasagna that I was proud to have made, since my first attempt at lasagna making was nothing to write home about.

Tonight’s dinner was actually pretty enjoyable. Although I ended up making it one hour behind schedule (HN wanted to eat at 6:30pm, but somehow I knew that I couldn’t do all of this in time), the end product was surprisingly delicious. It was a light-tasting lasagna, according to HN, and that is how she likes… which was good for me. Couple this lasagna with home made garlic bread, salad, and some 2007 Fuzion wine, and you have yourself a complete dinner that will be sure to put a smile on your face (if not from the lasagna, then from the wine).

While making the lasagna, I had to simultaneously make the truffles, which made me pretty busy in the kitchen for the good part of the day and night. In fact, I started a tad later than expected, thereby having to sacrifice my truffle making. I opted to only make a quarter of what I was anticipating on making today. That leaves me with 3/4 of truffle making that I will have to do sometime later this week, since I need to have this done by the end of next weekend.

Rather than having to rush through my truffle making, I’d rather spend more time on it, and make it right… although I did end up improvising some portion of it today (but who’s going to know?!)

So all in all, it was a productive day in terms of cooking and baking. I suppose the holiday season is what brings out the baker in me. Now I can’t wait to complete these truffles and give them out to my fellow friends. Patience.