The Foodie in Me

Like most people, I LOVE food. Unlike most people I love making it more than I love eating it. Yeah, yeah I know weird. Not that eating good food is not one of the world's greatest pleasures, just that knowing I make the food that people like to eat is better then eating it myself.

Problem: I am a single female. Yes, I do on occasion get to cook for friends, but more often then not, it is cooking for one. Which I am not good at. I make WAY to much food for one person to eat. So when I cook, I end up with leftovers for days and sometimes even weeks, depending on the meal. I am a fan of leftovers, don't get me wrong, but after about the 3rd day of eating the same thing I am done. I need something new.

I am also a huge fan of watching cooking shows. I love to see all of the things that those chefs come up with. Then when I get to trying some of my favorites I can make my own little modifications to the recipes.

My love of cooking comes naturally from not just my mother or grandmothers, but my dad, and even to a certain extent my step father. I can say without hesitation that I have some of the most amazing cooks in my family. Family meals I have eaten have gone above and beyond any meal I have had in a restaurant. (Not that restaurant meals are not a great treat). I have been lucky with the cooks in my family simple because they all have a different approach to cooking. I have Italian and Hungarian influences, Southern flavor and mid western sensibilities. Added to all of the family flavor, there are the things I have picked up all on my own.

Lets just say the flavor that comes out of my kitchen is not necessarily something that you would expect every time. I do like my comfort foods, and I try not to change much about them but sometimes an unexpected flavor will sneak in.

Food is something that we all need, but it really is a joy to make as well. Take some time to make something, see if it isn't just as much to make as it is to eat it.

Happy New Year...

I have been sadly negligent in posting, mostly because I can't seem to think of anything I really want to say.

But today I am going to think of something...

At some point it will come to me...

I am sure of it...

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OH! Hey!

The New Year! Yay! I can tell you about my resolutions. Ok, my resolution, which actually covers a lot of different things but is still vague enough that I can feel that I accomplished it at the end of the year.

So here it is: I am resolving to be a better me.

How about that? Covering a number of things, yet still vague.

The things I have planned to be a better me are again slightly vague but all good goals. These include; being healthier in 2011 than I was in 2010, and expanding my mind in fun and entertaining ways.

Being healthier could include the old standby resolution of losing weight ;). Expanding my mind in fun and entertaining ways could just be going out with new friends or old ones to new places.

I think that resolutions should be vague, then you don't think you failed when it comes round to looking at the past year. 2010 was hard on a lot of people, but then again you can say that about every year. Bad things happen, you should not have to look back on some silly promise you made yourself and think, "I could not even keep a promise to myself."

So think, hard about your resolutions, are they something that you can easily look back on and say, "yes, actually I did keep that promise to myself"?

I believe that we can all do that this year! So have a Happy and Resolute 2011, everyone!