Welcome to my cooking blog! I am very new blogging and internet interface, so please bear with me!
This site will primarily be for tips, techniques and recipes to share. I'm not a "chef" but I am a cook. Some of my techniques may be unconventional or not the "proper" way but it's what works for me. I have been cooking all my life and I was always willing to help out in the kitchen growing up. Some of my favorite memories have been in the kitchen with my friends and family. The kitchen is my niche, my home, and I am most comfortable in a kitchen.
My passion started when I was in third grade. My mom was diagnosed with cancer (cancer free for 15 years!) and my dad was active duty military. With my mom sick and my dad busy with work, I taught myself how to cook. It all started with blue box Mac and Cheese, and from there I grew into the cook that I am today. I started out following recipes from cookbooks verbatim, then once I understood spices and flavors I stopped measuring and cooked by my taste and palate.
To this day, someone will ask me for a recipe and I won't know the measurements. It's always "a little bit of this, a little bit of that" or "a pinch of this, a handful of that". I will do my best to actually MEASURE the ingredients, but you can always improvise in your own cooking. If you like salt, add more salt! If you prefer things to be spicy, kick it up a notch! These are recipes that I enjoying eating and cooking and the flavors are what I enjoy.
Alternative cooking. I am starting to cook alternative cooking, using different and healthier ingredients in place of meat, dairy, and unhealthy ingredients. These are all trial and error recipes, and I am hoping to expand my diet and my cooking abilities. I am excited to learn new techniques and share them with you and I hope you find these alternative recipes delicious.
The grill master! I have never been shy of the grill. In fact, I prefer to use the grill than the oven because I love to be outside and the flavor from the grill is something that the oven can not match. Growing up we used a gas grill, however, I now own a charcoal Webber and I am still learning charcoal techniques, heat and cooking times. I am a strong believer in cooking low and slow so meat is tender, then do a flash of high heat for caramelization and grill marks.
I believe that my cooking stands out because I prefer to cook everything from scratch. Sometimes I will be a little lazy and used jarred sauce instead of my own, but the recipes that you will see on this site will be all from scratch.
Cooking brings me so much joy and I hope that you can not only see my joy but taste it as well. Happy cooking!
Bon Appetit!
