I've never been a very good cook...like, at all! Which is weird since I grew up with a super great cook (my dad), but I was too lazy to get him to teach me anything before leaving for college. After a few years of eating the crap campus had to offer, I moved on to the crap the real world had to offer, mainly, fast food!
Since then, I've taken steps toward making myself a better person in every way possible, and now it's time to turn my attention to food. I've read quite a few books on eating locally, eating natural foods and just taking charge of what you put into your body. My ultimate goal is to be happy with what I consume, not just because of taste but because of where it comes from, how it fuels me, and how I can do my part to make the world a better place because of my choices when it comes to food (corny, I know, but it's becoming increasingly important to me!)
But! Baby steps. That's the key. The first thing I need to do is learn how to cook! I've gone from gorging myself on campus buffets to gorging myself on fast food to eating slightly less of slightly better for me foods but not quite. The past year has been a lot of canned or boxed products that take 10 minutes or less to prepare, but also the introduction of fresh fruits into my daily diet. I figure once I get the cooking part down, I can adapt more to the local food movement and learn more about the nutritional qualities of different foods and how to combine them to get the most out of what I'm cooking.
I'll be posting my experiments which will include: recipes, pictures (whenever possible), source, thoughts on the outcome, as well as a rating 1-5, 1 being "gross, get it away from me" and 5 being "amazing, can I marry it so I can be with it always?"
Stay tuned!
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