Shrimp Burrito Bonanza

One of my goals as of late has been trying to learn how to cook. I can now (semi-confidently) say that I am able to cook two things:

1) Shepherd's Pie Casserole (thanks deb)

2) Shrimp Burritos

I've cooked shrimp burritos twice now. The first time was with my good friend Petrina over spring break, and the second time was earlier tonight with Tiff and Nancy (see one post down for a picture of those two).

The recipe is unique in a couple ways. One thing is that the rice is cooked in chicken broth, not in a cooker. Another thing is a mixture of mayo and plain yogurt, which --> a kind of light version of sour cream.

Some of the ingredients:

There's the rice in the foreground.

Finished! (not my picture, obviously)

The recipe.

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Cooking is pretty darn hard. I find myself extremely self-conscious and super uncomfortable in the kitchen. I am incredibly noob. Examples? There are plenty:

- I didn't know how to chop an onion until spring break

- Today, i just threw the rice into the pan without washing it, not knowing anything was wrong until nancy told me

- I didn't know how to use a can opener, because i've never used one before. I got away with it over spring break with Petrina by nonchalantly asking her to open the can of tomatoes, promising to myself that I would learn later in the secrecy of my own home. But alas, today I couldn't get around it, and I had to humble myself and ask Nancy how to teach me. Sad day.

And this is exactly why I am learning! Haha. And so far, I am really enjoying cooking a lot. It's so relaxing and fun. Hopefully I will be able to get better at it with time, especially throughout this summer.

Let's cook together sometime =).