You know a meal will be a success when your husband says upon hearing the menu, “Thank God I just bought some more Beano last week”.

I know y’all probably thought our Friday Feasts plan was a pipe dream, and I am sure you all came rushing back this week just to see if we could actually pull put it off. I mean, we aren’t exactly known for our culinary skills…unless you count baking in the Easy Bake Oven (which we totally do, of course). If there were a Cooking Channel show for how to make the best chocolate chip cookies by light bulb, we would totally be in the running.

However, when it comes to using the actual oven, let’s just say that things can get dicey.

Knowing all of that, I was wise enough to pick a crockpot recipe for my first go-round in this experiment. Or so I thought.

 

 

The pin description said Crock Pot Beef Burritos and the picture looked totally tasty. Since we had just come off of eating Christmas cookies and what seemed like 87 pounds of turkey, Mexican food sounded yummy! I was in!

 

 

Knowing that Robert likes more spice to his food, I decided to add some chilies to his and make his in a separate crock pot to ensure maximum tongue burning fire.

Just to be clear, not only was I making a meal, I was actually making two. I know, right? I am pretty sure I need a tiara and sash to celebrate my amazing wifery.

Like any good, wanna be chef, I set up my food prep area meticulously. Well, except the random stuff laying around on my counter. But really, what is food preparation without empty cereal boxes and naked Barbies to keep me company while I cook?

It is possible there were a few mishaps along the way, but unlike the Cooking Channel, I am not editing that stuff out for you! (Although I did fix things before the actual cooking began)

Here was the biggest surprise of entire experience for me. It turns out that this is not *exactly* a simply Crock Pot meal. Oh, no. That would make too much sense for something named Crock Pot Beef Burritos.

You have to BROIL (like in the oven) the food when it is finished in order to complete the meal.

WHAT?

Broiling is the step that produces burned food and smoke alarms going off. You can’t step away from the oven for even one second or your cheese goes from bubbling to charred. Oh Lord, I had to take a deep breath and do some yoga breathing to calm myself.

In the end, though, I pulled it off…and by pulled it off, I mean the food was edible. To Abby and me.

Robert “accidentally” grabbed a pizza at his “business meeting” (Is that what they call Dominos these days?) before coming home. Emma refused it out right and had leftover chicken instead.

The good news is that it turns out that this recipe is also delicious the second night! This is when Robert ate it and absolutely raved over my culinary skills! I am sure his overly enthusiastic compliments had nothing to do with sleeping on the couch the night before!

Was this inspiring to you? Are you headed straight to the grocery store to pick up all the ingredients like right this second to follow in my footsteps? Or I have basically just driven you to the phone to order take-out instead?