Total Fail

I wondered what would happen when I went back to work and tried to cook. Mondays are always rough, but cooking-wise today was a total fail. I had planned to pick up a nice piece of fish on my way home from the gym, but I was late and the grocery store was closed. I wouldn't trust the fish at the other two grocery stores that were still open in my neighborhood. So I headed home, thinking that I was back to take-out or carrots and hummus for tonight.  Luckily, I had made two of yesterday's kale-topped pizzas. I ran home and heated the second one up.  The total fail came in when I managed to over-cook the pizza.  It wasn't burnt to a black crisp, but the cheese and the crust were decidedly brown.  It didn't taste too bad though, still chewy and yummy.


Of course it's always important to learn from one's failures. I worked in innovation for several years and the mantra is 'fail-quick and fail-cheap' until you find a new idea that works. Not to state the obvious, but clearly my lesson here is about planning ahead. By having the extra pizza, which I was planning to eat tomorrow, I didn't have to get take-out tonight.  Now I'm looking forward to trying out the new fish dish tomorrow after dance class.

Recipe for a Total Fail
Be late for everything so good grocery store is closed when you are finally on your way home
No fish to make your anticipated meal
Over-cook the leftovers
Spend two hours watching Downton Abbey instead of doing work or anything creative