Home Town:
Living In:
Member Since:
Jul. 2009
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Mediterranean, Healthy, Vegetarian, Quick & Easy
Hobbies:
Hiking/Camping, Boating, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Painting/Drawing
I recently married the love of my life, and promptly moved across the country to follow his US Navy Diving career to San Diego. I'm an art student, and have found cooking as a productive and fun way to be creative and look like I know how to pull off this new housewife position ;D I've yet to cook the same dish twice since I'm so in love with trying new recipes.
My favorite things to cook
I love anything with fresh veggies and herbs and chicken. One of my favorite things to do in the kitchen is come up with new sauces by randomly throwing in this or that, and pureeing this or that. Contrasting flavors are fun to throw together and make work. I've mostly been cooking Asian and Mexican cuisine lately since they lend themselves very well to fresh, healthy yet hearty dishes.
My favorite family cooking traditions
My family (though HUGE) isn't very into cooking, though we do get together every year to make and exchange Christmas cookies :)
My cooking tragedies
I spent the better part of a 2 hours throwing things into a full crock pot for a recipe I found on this site. I had a package of gravy mix and figured it would go great with the chicken/cream of mushroom concoction I had created.... boy was I wrong! An entire 5 quart crock pot of ingredients went down the disposal :(