If you were to ask me what my hobbies are, cooking would be in there somewhere. I’ve really taken to it.
Every weekend I’ll try to make something new. Tonight, it’s New York style cheesecake (pictured on the right.) Last week, it was perogies. The week before, linguini. I find these culinary moments therapeutic, and I particularly like learning how to make the things I enjoy most from base ingredients. There’s a little voice in the back of my head that tells me that it’s a useful skill to have should I be shipped off to the middle of nowhere.
It’s also nice on the wallet. We had some guests over the other day. I was able to make three home-made pizzas (dough included), a fresh loaf of bread, two batches of shortbread cookies, a salad, and an apple pie. It took only a few hours to prepare, and the whole affair cost less than $20 in ingredients.
I’m still very much a newbie. There are some incredible cooks at my workplace, and I have some very talented friends (looking at you Jeremy & Tina.) I’ll keep at it though – I can only get better, right?
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8 responses to “Joy of Cooking”
Name the time, place, and dish, friend, and we’ll be there! pics look amazing! Xx
Thank you!
How about sometime over the next two weeks? At one of our places?
If the second sentence last paragraph relates to cooking skills, it should read “(looking at you Tina)”. I’m ok with it as-is if it refers to skills in general.
And yes, most certainly! Email to follow…
that pizza looks really yummy!
Thanks sis! We’ve also been doing pizzas where we use ranch dressing instead of pizza sauce. Tasty stuff.
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Bottom right…Are those the ‘Oreo’ muffins you mentionned to me? Elles ont l’air tres interessantes…very creative..What did they taste like??
They tasted good but very buttery. I’ll lay off the margarine next time!