A cooking experience I could have lived without

So since we have been in Mexico, Travis and I have been trying to find different ways to save our money when we eat. Of course we have not been living the healthiest lifestyle for a while and decided it was time for some change. So I have been trying to cook meals at home.

Keep in mind, Travis and I have very little cooking skills...

Last night we decided that we would try and recreate these chicken lettuce wraps that we had had at a restaurant called BJ's in Arizona. We bought the chicken breast (that we weren't sure was the right kind to use), lettuce and some Teriyaki sauce then went home to cook.

Of course it was my first time cooking chicken, as well as Travis' so we did the first thing we usually do when we don't know something and needed help; Google it. Google then proceeded to tell us how to cook the chicken in the best way. First step, put olive oil in the pan.

Earlier while we were at the store Travis and I bought some Vegetable oil for a cake I was to bake later that night. Not knowing the difference between the two, Travis told me to put that into the pan as a substitute for the olive oil we didn't have. Me, not knowing any better did it.

Not long after a huge pile of smoke filled the room before the pan caught flames. And let me tell you I could have pissed myself if I had to pee. I might be exaggerating but the flames in my mind went up about three feet and were as thick as the pan. I went into shock. I mean, how do you put out a fire?

Travis got a wet towel and hit the pan but then it fell on the floor and I became more paniced. He hit it again and the pan flipped over and must have cut off some oxygen from the flames because the fire started to go out. I was so terrified, all that was going on in my mind was that we were gonna catch the house on fire and be stuck in here. Ps. I'm terrified of fire lol

The pan of course was burnt so bad and Travis then spent the next two hours trying to scrub the stains out while I took another shot at making the chicken. This time using butter.

All in all we learned not to use things that weren't in the directions, olive oil is not the same as vegetable oil, and what to do in a fire situation. And I"m glad to say it turned out wonderfully....

But just to be safe, we might be sticking to mac and cheese and sandwiches for a while. ;)