Kudos Pampered Chef!

I believe I’ve mentioned a time or two how fond I am of my Pampered Chef products. Let me tell you a little story that explains WHY I love my stoneware so much.

Since Andy’s been doing like double time between work, working at home after hours, school and homework I thought I’d whip up some dinner the other night. Andy reminded me we had a bunch of hamburger in the freezer. Easy enough. They were in two pound packages so I thought I’d brown it all and divide it for a couple different meals, thinking about what a nice and efficient wife I was.

So, I browned the meat and divided it for the chili I was making to eat that night and put the rest aside for what we have deemed Mexican lasagna (some new concoction I recently came up with.) I prepared each respective recipe, if you consider tossing random ingredients together a “recipe” that is, served Andy his bowl of chili with a side of cheese quesadilla, and then tossed the Mexican lasagna into the oven (P.S. I used my Pampered Chef Deep Dish Baker…this is important information.)

After dinner we settled in the living room, each on our laptops. Andy was pulling cases for work and attempting to work on homework. I was poking around the internet (as usual) and working on the designs for a couple orders.

Fast forward about an hour and a half later:

Andy (peering in the oven door): “So…how long does this caserole thing need to bake exactly?”

Me: “OH <BLEEP!> I forgot to set the timer!!!” :::grumble, grumble:::

Feeling bad about wasting food, wasting money, and how I’m an idiot for rarely using the kitchen timer when I bake, I jumped up, ran to the kitchen, whipped open the oven door to rescue my surely-burnt-to-a-crip dish.

But, wait a minute…it didn’t look entirely burnt to a crisp. Nope, in fact it was just the little bit of cheese and tortilla chips on top. A couple good stirs and it looked fine!!! I tasted a bit, and it really was fine! Then I remembered, I used my trusty stoneware that does not scorch food like other dishes would have done. Yipppeee!! Our future meals were saved!

I totally should have taken a photo to show you but like using the timer, I forgot. But, for what it’s worth, there’s my testimony.