cooking bonanza

Our kitchen was controlled chaos last night.

We discovered that the refrigerator was no longer cooling our food - odd, because the lights inside were working, so the electricity was obviously still functioning. I think it might have had something to do with the cooling unit at the back. *shrug*

Anyway, yesterday when we got home, we found the kitchen floor practically flooded with melted ice (and ice cream) so we quickly pulled everything out of the freezer to assess the situation. Luckily, the meat was still halfway frozen, so we set about cooking everything. And when I say everything, I mean 30 chicken thighs, 8 chicken breasts, 5 Italian sausages, 3 pounds of ground pork, 2 pork tenderloins, 2 dishes of meatballs, 1 slab of beef, and a whole chicken. Whew! It was quite an undertaking. It took us roughly 4 hours to get everything out of the freezer, cooked, and stored temporarily in ice-filled coolers till our new fridge arrives.

It was fun, though! Boyfriend and I used the opportunity to come up with new sauces, get creative with the food we already had, and help out the family in a meaningful way (and at a time when it was definitely needed!) We kept positive about it the whole time, and I'm proud of both of us for that.

I took a stressful situation and turned it around into a fun and upbeat experience! Go me! :D