When Brian and I were dating, I invited him over for dinner. You may recall that I had not yet “blossomed” in the kitchen so I was a tiny bit worried about what I would make to impress my new beau. My go-to recipe in times like these, the ONLY dish I knew how to…
Category: 31 Adventures in Cooking
Gadgets and Other Fun Kitchen Toys {Cooking Adventures: Day 11}
Here is a quick run-down of my favorite kitchen toys and gadgets. Meat Thermometer – I wrote about this before on the blog. There is nothing worse than overcooked meat. This can be easily avoided with a good digital thermometer. I use mine every single time I cook meat and it works like a charm….
My Favorite Tools, Part 2 {Cooking Adventures: Day 10}
When we first got our Shun knives, the block came with kitchen shears. At the time, I really didn’t understand why the knives came with scissors. For years the shears went untouched except for the occasional snip of kitchen twine or to cut hard-to-open plastic lids off containers. Little did I know just how helpful…
My Favorite Tools, Part 1 {Cooking Adventures: Day 9}
There are many things without which I cannot survive in the kitchen. I tried to write a post titled: “the one thing I can’t live without in the kitchen” yet I came to realize that I cannot narrow it down to one. I will try to prioritize my list in order of importance and write…
Watch and Learn {Cooking Adventures: Day 8}
After sharing some of my early cooking mishaps, it is time to tell you how I finally learned to cook. In the fall of 2005 I discovered the Food Network, specifically 30 Minute Meals, and I was fascinated. I watched episode after episode and wondered if I could actually pull together meals like that in…
Eggs
I love eggs. Eggs are a super food. They are good for you and taste delicious. There are many ways to prepare eggs and I like them in all varieties: boiled, scrambled, over easy, over hard, poached, and any other way you can prepare them. In my experience, if frying or scrambling, its very important…
Pancake Saturday {Cooking Adventures: Day 6}
Saturdays are for two things: sleeping in and eating pancakes. When I was little, I spent Friday nights at my Me-Maw’s house. Every Saturday morning she made me chocolate-chip pancakes. She would mix up the batter but she would let me help. I would scoot a kitchen table chair up next to where she stood…
Save The Turkeys! Use a Brine {Cooking Adventures: Day 5}
The best way to prepare and cook a traditional Thanksgiving turkey is to use a brine. A traditional brine is essentially a saltwater bath in which the concentration of salt in the bath interacts with the cellular composition of the meat, resulting in a form of osmosis that flavors the meat. That is my ten…
There are Bakers, and There are Cooks
I’ve really enjoyed the feedback from these previous two posts. I am glad that we can all laugh along with (at?) me and my lack of cooking abilities. However, I would like to point out that these two hilarious stories are actually baking stories. I have come to understand that there is a significant difference…
The Curse of the Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe {Cooking Adventures: Day 3}
The year was 1998, the season was fall, the air was crisp and campus life was in full swing at Union University. Our school separated the girls and boys dorms so everyone was outside hanging out in the grassy area between the dorms, enjoying the weather and the socializing. The change of season and the…
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