Nothing Smells Quite Like Cilantro

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I love cooking. It's one of the things in this world that I truly enjoy, and have some small talent for. I may not be able to cook for fancy restaurants or world class chefs, but I can make my husband smile, and that's enough.

It's raining right now, outside our little apartment, and all I'm wishing was that I had bought another hanger garden. Cause even though my strawberry plant is no longer dying, and I have one teeny, tiny tomato . . . I lack some herbs! And there's nothing like fresh herbs to brighten up a salad, soup, or a rainy day.

There's nothing in the world that smells better to me than fresh cilantro. I crave it, and need it on so many levels that it makes my mouth watering just to think of all the things I can put it in. I was so excited when I bought some last year that I went home and planned out a whole weeks worth of meals surrounding the beautiful herb. White lightning chili, pico de gallo, tequila lime chicken . . . oh I was in heaven when I bought it.

Does anyone see the problem here? Yup, if you have a keen eye for herbs, you know that me - the girl who proclaims to the world to love herbs more than life - bought flat leaf parsley, assuming it was cilantro. Hey, when I get in the mood to cook, I don't really take the time to be observational.

Unfortunately I didn't realise this till I was nearly done with my chili and picked up the "cilantro" to smell it once more to find that it didn't have that sweet and spicy scent to it. Ruined the chili as far as I'm concerned. I did eventually go and get some actual cilantro, smelled it three times just in case, and the tequila lime chicken turned out beautifully.


Daily Gratitudes:

1. Beautiful things in the world.
2. Wonderful and Amazing friends.
3. Season 3 of Army Wives
4. Fresh orange juice
5. A husband who, despite his better judgement (and my awnry, tired mood) wakes me up at 4:30 in the morning, just to have family prayer before he leaves for work.
   

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