For me, the cooking gene is in my DNA. My Nana taught me everything I know and I've picked up a few skills along the way, from being addicted to Food Network and doing some experimenting of my own. Many people, some who you may know, have joined my family for Thanksgiving, Christmas or just an occasional get together. Bob Tallman called our family turkey dinner the finest he'd ever had and will ever have. Gary Gonsalves, more commonly recognized as Double G, didn't need to utter a sound... three helpings later I knew he was impressed with Christmas dinner. Nana keeps the majority of those recipes a secret but every year I'm the lucky one who’s getting to learn the forbidden treasures. Some secrets I will keep for a lifetime but others I can share.
I like to share my food and my family's food by having dinner parties, making random goodies and taking pictures along the way. I have posted many pictures of my "skills" on Facebook and people have started to take interest. I've been asked to share recipes and even make my own cookbook. While I have many recipes that I have created on my own, others have come from magazines, books, television and the Internet however I try them once and tweak them to meet my standards. :)
I've had many friends take some cooking lessons from me and I have picked up little hints and short cuts along the way. In the days, weeks, months and years to come I would like to share as much information about cooking and how it encompasses my life; because I want to and because I've been asked to share. Being in the kitchen surrounded by food, friends and family is no doubt when I am the happiest. You too can have these same feelings of joy in the kitchen if you start off with some staples in your kitchen utensils and pantry. I'll begin this blog with some easy recipes and give tips and suggestions along the way.
Like I said above, I've taken recipes I've found tried them and tweaked them to make them my own. Some are 100% my own and some are from my family or my husband’s family. I will let you know which items came from where so you can see how easy it is to enjoy your time in the kitchen creating dishes of your own. Following a recipe is easy for some and not for others. I can look at a recipe and recreate that dish to a tea, while I have a girlfriend who looks at a recipe and nearly faints. In my blog I plan to be very specific in what I do and how. I’ll explain it in extreme detail in case you have a recipe phobia.
Now my cooking comes from having a love of food and a skinny husband who works 12 hours a day and constantly is asking me "what's for dinner?" I hate that question, it makes my blood boil. Cooking for two isn't exactly easy but after almost 6 years with Matt; I think I've figured it out. He started off as a beef and potato classic cowboy and now he craves gourmet just as much as junk food. I think the reason I reeled him in so quick is because of my cooking. When we get into some more advanced dishes I'll share my "winning" menu that won me the rock on my left hand. Pay attention girls, men love food!
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