Onion Slices

So, recently I learned a valuable lesson about cooking!

For dinner one night (Sunday, to be precise), Julie and I were lying around trying to decide what we wanted to eat. I hadn't been to the store to get anything special and we had a pound of ground beef thawed, so I suggested Hamburger Helper. Honestly, it's one of my favorite foods, and I love to just absolutely devour it. Julie and I have stopped eating it as often as I would like, picking healthier and more balanced options.

As I got set up to make dinner, I went to pour the measure of milk required and found that I was short by more than two cups. Looking in the fridge, I decided that I would be a valiant experimenter and grabbed some of Julie's soymilk. Being bright, I looked at the bottle and since it was a different color than the Vanilla flavored bottles she had recently bought, I figured I was in the clear. Sadly, to my surprise, when I poured the milk, I found out that it was of the VERY VANILLA style, and that's why the bottle was different, not because it was un-vanilla.

Well, since I didn't want to toss out dinner, I forged ahead, thinking, "Well, I like lots of vanilla things! How bad can it be?"

Dear reader, I am here to tell you that it can be VERY bad indeed. For some STRANGE reason, vanilla flavor and Stroganoff flavored Hamburger Helper just DO NOT go well together. For one of the very rare times in our marriage, we had made a meal (and I'm using the royal we) that neither of us wanted ANYTHING to do with.

This coupled with the loss of hot water has me really wondering what's going to be in store for the rest of the week.

P.S. No other meats were harmed in the making of that meal. I've learned my lesson and next time I would rather have it made with water than that evil bean juice...