I'M LEARNING. Salmon!

I actually found the motivation to cook something tonight! Hurray for me! I cooked mashed potatoes, corn, salmon and cornbread muffins! It was delcious. Here's what I did:

(WARNING: NOT FANCY INGREDIENTS, I'M A BEGINNER)

Okay. First, I made the mashed potatoes. Took 6 smallish potatoes, (if you have large potatoes, 4 will do) and washed them and peeled them. I then sliced them into little bites and boiled them until I could easily cut through them with a fork. Drained them, then put them back in the hot pot they were cooking in, and mashed them over medium heat (the heat was to get all that extra moisture that you don't need out). I added a stick and a half of butter, and a half cup of milk, salt, pepper and a tiny pinch of garlic powder. I mashed that all up together all nice, and then sprinkled some parsley over top, covered it with aluminum foil and sat aside in the microwave.

I had 4 pieces of frozen salmon, so I needed to thaw them. To thaw you put the salmon into plastic bags (you don't want to put them straight in the water) and placed them in a bowl full of lukewarm water. It probably took about 10-15 minutes to get them how I wanted them, and then I placed them on a foil-covered baking sheet seasoned with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper on both sides. I preheated the oven to 450, and put the salmon on the middle rack for about 15 minutes. Don't gotta flip, they were perfect! I wanted to put some lemon juice overtop of the salmon to kind of add some moisture, but I couldn't find any, so I used soy sauce...which worked like a BOSS. (was proud of myself for figuring that out on my own btw)

Heated up some canned corn, and made some Jiffy corn muffins as well.

It was awesome, ya'll! And I actually didn't use a recipe for any of this. Did it all on my own...you know what that means?? I'm LEARNING.

Hoorah!

Hope ya'll had a great day today. I'm not sure why I've used "ya'll" so much in this blog.