Two months ago I was working long hours as a IT consultant and very stressed. When I came home, a typical meal would be a bag of salad, kidney beans and other canned foods with sweet chili sauce out of the bottle. It was a fast, nutritious, unimaginative and BORING diet.
During my summer holidays I resolved to change that. I decided to try two new recipes per day. Due to my lack of kitchen experience, I spend most of my day searching for recipes, shopping for ingredients, cooking, googling kitchenware, cleaning and of course eating. The results have far surpassed my expectations. To hear my 11 year old son exclaim mmmmm, that's a 10! when he his took a first bite of Korean fried tofu made my day. Not that I have any knowledge of Korean cuisine and some of the ingredients I had never heard of but I followed my intuition and got lucky. Not every recipe working flawlessly but I had enough wins to keep me motivated and inspired. I have even tested alternatives to my life-long trusted toast and coffee for breakfast. I could never imagine myself preparing French toast with apple and cinnamon but to my surprise - I really enjoyed it. Even my routine cup of coffee in the afternoon has become an culinary innovation challenge!
If there are any other hopelessly obsessed foodies who spend most of their time preparing great cuisine - I now understand your addiction and hope you never kick the habit!
I have a lot of questions for you experienced cooks but I guess it I should post these in separate threads.
Shane
During my summer holidays I resolved to change that. I decided to try two new recipes per day. Due to my lack of kitchen experience, I spend most of my day searching for recipes, shopping for ingredients, cooking, googling kitchenware, cleaning and of course eating. The results have far surpassed my expectations. To hear my 11 year old son exclaim mmmmm, that's a 10! when he his took a first bite of Korean fried tofu made my day. Not that I have any knowledge of Korean cuisine and some of the ingredients I had never heard of but I followed my intuition and got lucky. Not every recipe working flawlessly but I had enough wins to keep me motivated and inspired. I have even tested alternatives to my life-long trusted toast and coffee for breakfast. I could never imagine myself preparing French toast with apple and cinnamon but to my surprise - I really enjoyed it. Even my routine cup of coffee in the afternoon has become an culinary innovation challenge!
If there are any other hopelessly obsessed foodies who spend most of their time preparing great cuisine - I now understand your addiction and hope you never kick the habit!
I have a lot of questions for you experienced cooks but I guess it I should post these in separate threads.
Shane