Prelude

A few weeks ago, I sat in my friend Coree's dining room and watched as her daughter and a friend made breakfast in an Easy Bake™ Oven. I pondered aloud, "I bet if you made all your meals in that thing, you'd lose weight. It's forced portion control." We laughed at first, but then I thought, "Why the heck NOT? I'm going to try it!"

As a kid, I remember seeing the commercials and, as a young foodie, thinking pretty much the same thing, "If I had that, I'd make EVERYTHING in there. Screw the mixes. I bet I could feed myself just fine without them." I was jealous of those little girls on the commercial, and even more jealous of my friends who had one.

I never got my Easy Bake™ as a kid, but as a grown-up with a bit of disposable income and an e-bay account, I am now poised to embrace the confidence of my youth and make that dream a reality.

I've learned that since the original Easy Bake™ has come out, there is now one for "Real Meals," which is potentially equipped to handle more than cakes and cookies. That's the one I'm now searching for online. I'll buy it next week, and then on July 1st I'll embark on 31 days of Easy Bake™ adventure.

It might be delicious, it could be dangerous (how many fires will i set, do you think?), but it will definitely be fun!

Stay tuned...