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Cooking Geekery
Mar. 19th, 2007 09:13 amI remember when I was a young lad of 28, in K's kitchen, fretting about cooking Hamburger helper, because I'd never cooked before.
Go ahead and laugh at me, if you want. We never cooked much in my mom's house. She was queen of the microwave and take-out/eat-out. It took me a good two years until I became comfortable with cooking.
K was the one who cooked, and at first... it was OK, but I was never "into it".
I remember this, and it amuses me, because I've descended into COOKING GEEKERY! And I am aware of this for two reasons..
1) K and I bought TWO new cookbooks this weekend and I feel VERY Excited about both (especially the Whole Foods Cookbook), because there's just so much good-for-me looks-tasty food in this
2) I've started to add to the recipes.
Two examples.. 1) I've started constructed my own recipes (For example, the Pizza Pasta Casserole - In Slow-cooker (I could do this in an oven no problem. Perhaps I will, next time!), combine 2 bags turkey pepperoni (washed off to remove as much of the sodium as possible), 3 Green Peppers, 2 Onions, 2 "Boxes" of Mushrooms, 2 cans pizza sauce, spices (when I remember to ADD the spices), fresh garlic and... 1 lb. cooked whole-wheat pasta of choice). Put fat-free mozzerella on top. Bake. Serve. :)
... Yes, I think next time I'll use the oven :D
and 2) I've started mucking about with recipes too (Like.. this recipe called Apricot Chicken which was supposed to have Apricots and Cauliflower, but I tossed in more cauliflower than it calls for and some raisins to boot. And I should have added actual apricots. Perhaps next time. :) )
This amuses me greatly. :) I've become a Cooking Menace ;)
Especially because K and I have minor disagreements when it comes to spices. Specifically, I like my food Spicy and she does not ;)
This hasn't been problematic. Often, I just cook the spicy thing for myself. (or.. anything with mushrooms). Sometimes we've doubled the recipe and had one spicy and one not spicy. :)
But it amuses me because until I met K, I didn't cook. :) At all :)
*g*
And to think, it started with this book :)
Go ahead and laugh at me, if you want. We never cooked much in my mom's house. She was queen of the microwave and take-out/eat-out. It took me a good two years until I became comfortable with cooking.
K was the one who cooked, and at first... it was OK, but I was never "into it".
I remember this, and it amuses me, because I've descended into COOKING GEEKERY! And I am aware of this for two reasons..
1) K and I bought TWO new cookbooks this weekend and I feel VERY Excited about both (especially the Whole Foods Cookbook), because there's just so much good-for-me looks-tasty food in this
2) I've started to add to the recipes.
Two examples.. 1) I've started constructed my own recipes (For example, the Pizza Pasta Casserole - In Slow-cooker (I could do this in an oven no problem. Perhaps I will, next time!), combine 2 bags turkey pepperoni (washed off to remove as much of the sodium as possible), 3 Green Peppers, 2 Onions, 2 "Boxes" of Mushrooms, 2 cans pizza sauce, spices (when I remember to ADD the spices), fresh garlic and... 1 lb. cooked whole-wheat pasta of choice). Put fat-free mozzerella on top. Bake. Serve. :)
... Yes, I think next time I'll use the oven :D
and 2) I've started mucking about with recipes too (Like.. this recipe called Apricot Chicken which was supposed to have Apricots and Cauliflower, but I tossed in more cauliflower than it calls for and some raisins to boot. And I should have added actual apricots. Perhaps next time. :) )
This amuses me greatly. :) I've become a Cooking Menace ;)
Especially because K and I have minor disagreements when it comes to spices. Specifically, I like my food Spicy and she does not ;)
This hasn't been problematic. Often, I just cook the spicy thing for myself. (or.. anything with mushrooms). Sometimes we've doubled the recipe and had one spicy and one not spicy. :)
But it amuses me because until I met K, I didn't cook. :) At all :)
*g*
And to think, it started with this book :)
