Cooking

I have been having fun lately. I found this new blog (the link to it is on the right side of my blog) and I am having so much fun trying new recipes. They recently published a cookbook and of course I bought it. It seems that everything I make from their recipes actually turn out. I have been experimenting over the last month and here are some of the pictures.

I don't usually take pictures of the food I make, but I have this little running joke with my sister. It began by her trying to make bread. For some reason it wasnt working and so I sorta did a tutorial over my phone thorugh text messages and pictures. I was having fun and she probably thought I was so lame. But it kind of became a joke between us. Every time I baked something that looked pretty, I started sending her a picture of it for her to drool over. She was welcome to come over anytime to eat with us, but for some reason she didn't want to drive 45 minutes to eat what I was making.

 That is why I have these pictures. I have never been a really good cook.I remember the first time I cooked a chicken breast for Evan right after we got married, I served it up to him on a beautiful plate. He looked at it and said something to the effect of, "that's it?" I didn't realized I was supposed to serve up other things with the chicken, I was just happy I had actually cooked a chicken breast.  I have tried over the years. And I am much improved. I actually enjoy baking and cooking (unless my children complain about the particular dish and wont eat it without consequences). It is a lot of work, but most of the things I make actually turn out. It has taken almost two decades of practice to be able to make that claim.