So here I am, New Years Eve, getting a jump start on my New Year's Eve resolution to create and keep up a food blog. " Why," you might be asking, "does there need to need to be ANOTHER food blog being posted, when there are so many already?" And "What about all those cookbooks out there. Can't I use one of those?" Well to that I say "Phff!" I am going to try to make my blog unlike the others, and my recipes will hold true to this blog's title.
If there is one thing about me you should know it is this. I love food. I love reading about it, watching it being cooked, looking at it on the shelves, just everything about it. I have an addiction to The Food Network, and even yes, get their magazine. I own many a cookbook, everything for The Joy of Cooking to Rachel Ray's Look and Cook cookbook. I consider myself a pretty good cook. Food, next to books, is my all time passion
Now here dear readers I have to make a confession. The allure and fun that cooking once brought me is slowly starting to seep away. GASP! I never thought I would get the feeling where I just hated to cook. Thank goodness I am not at that point yet, but in order to save myself, and others, and even inspire some, I have come up with this blog of recipes of dinners I make in less time than it takes Rachel Ray to give her "I make 30 minute meals' spiel at the start of every show. Thirty minutes my ass. No offense, RR. I still love you.
I have recently entered grad school and am now for the very first time, totally on my own when it comes to meals. I might have not lived at home for college, but at least I had a meal plan and dining hall. The times I cooked dinner at home once in a while for my family of four is nothing like trying to come up with meals for a single person. So what do I do? I pare down the dishes my Mom used to make and, well, still end up with lots left over. But hey, that means I don't have to cook tomorrow, right? So now, without much further ado, I would like to share with you the dishes I believe anyone of any cooking skill level can master, cook in minutes flat, all while making it healthy and truly affordable.
