I am hopeless today.

[Sue]

So far, my kitchen space-outs include me thinking:

"That celery seed looks awfully funny."
Oh. CELereesaaaalllllltttt.
That was close.

And where was all that tomato paste I stocked up on?
*grabs can*


Hold on there, just one second, partner....
Put the HARISSA down and back away slowly.

Time to get OUT of the kitchen and clear my head with some zazz.

[Engrossed]

I've had days like that. I also hate it when I'm distracted and forget that I'm making half a recipe mid-way through.

[tiniellie]

[Dissie]

Me too, just this morning.....was going to make a pasta salad. First I put the water on to boil. Forgot about it, and had to add more water as it mostly evaporated. Came to a boil again, and added the noodles, then completely forgot about it again and ended up with noodle mush when I finally remembered. Threw it in the trash, good thing noodles are pretty cheap! Will make it tomorrow. I have boxes and boxes of elbows!

[HeatherFeather]

I have been doing something similar, only in my case, it has been accidentally grabbing the wrong items at the store. I have bought fat free/diet versions of some foods completely by mistake, especially in the case of items for my BF to eat. He won't eat any diet versions of those foods.

I had been wondering why my coffee creamer tasted so sickeningly sweet, only to find out I had grabbed the fat free version instead of the sugar-free kind. Ugh. The fat free version has even more sugar added than the regular versions, so double ugh since I am trying to reduce sugar intake.

The packaging often looks nearly the same, so it is quite frustrating.