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What's Cooking? by LaurenRivers

So lately I've gotten the bug to cook, something I admit I don't do often. I've long been the house baker, I do the cookies and cakes and such, but food has often not been something I've ever done.

Honestly, I just got excited to do it, and started with chinese fried quinoa. The next day I made salmon with mushrooms and spinach, and the third day I made bulgogi.

I've got plans to make shrimp scampi, and now I want to make a tortilla soup.

Who knew cooking was this fun? :)

What's Cooking?

LaurenRivers

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    I grew up in Ohio with southern American cooking traditions. I've been cooking since I was 8. Cooking is a lot of fun.

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      Ever make a tortilla soup?

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        Yes, actually. It's pretty good.

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          I love it now. I'll have to make it now and then!

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    Most people haven't yet figured out how simple it is to cook well.

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      It's scary how many people don't know how to cook or balance a checkbook.

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    (RL Erika)
    I wish I knew how to cook. There are so many things I could try.

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      It's not too hard. :) You could get a cookbook and give it a shot. :)

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    I've got a great chili recipe. Problem with my recipe is that I had to buy a 20 qt stew pot to do the chili justice. Then again, When I'm done, I have leftovers for the freezer for over a month.

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      That's a big amount!!! Talk about leftovers. :)

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        Lots of little 1.25 pint containers of chili in the freezer. Dinnertime a week later, pull one out, microwave it until hot. :) It's actually fun to put a batch of chili together.

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    Dad's philosophy was, "Once the kid's tall enough to see the top of the stove, it's time to learn to cook." Mom was a first rate cook (how many Welsh / Scots-Irish / Cherokees cook great Italian?) and Dad could turn random leftovers or pantry pickin's into one of his delicious "messes." I started cooking at eight and almost fifty years later, I do most of the cooking in the house. I enjoy the challenge of coming up with my own recipes to reproduce something, and do that a lot. So hey, enjoy playin' in the kitchen!

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      I know that I've enjoyed it so far! ;) I love finding healthy recipes that sound good. :) Trying to eat healthy to lose some weight and be healthier overall. :)