There's a first time for everything.

My husband liked dinner, so I'll consider it a success! Cooking everything was a little more difficult than I imagined, however. I made sauteed steaks, and then deglazed the pan with white wine and made a pan sauce out of that. On the side were mashed potatoes and broccoli sauteed with garlic. It turned out to be too much to do for one dinner, and next time I probably won't make as many side dishes. I didn't think about the fact that I would have things cooking on every burner at the same time. I thought everything was going well, but when everything was almost done, I remembered that I hadn't yet made the mushrooms. I also had never made steaks before (imagine that), and was worried because they were so thick and took much longer than the recipe said that they would. The pan was turning black around them, but they ended up being the perfect red/pink that my husband likes (again, I grew up thinking that pink means "cook it longer," so they weren't quite to my liking - mine had to cook longer). The kitchen was a crazy mess, and I was a bit frazzled by the time dinner was plated and on the table, but it was a great evening. Four recipes down and 96 to go. It looks like I may go through these a bit faster than I thought! On to choosing recipes for the next meal... who's coming for dinner?