Confessions of a wannabe chef...

I was taking a walk this morning and it occurred to me in light of some of the cooking "experiments" I've tried lately that I should start a food blog. I mean, I love food. Buying it, reading about it, cooking it, eating it...especially eating it. Now to be clear, I'm not perfect. I've made some duds. I've also made some amazing things. We can figure this out together. Before we get started though, I'm going to tell you a few things about my food philosophies. First...I believe that anything edible can be made edible and anything good can be made better with the addition of one of the three following ingredients: sour cream, ketchup, or peanut butter. I LOVE all three of those things, and I can't think of too many things I like eating that I wouldn't like better with one of those. Second...I hate onions, peppers, mushrooms, and celery. I probably hate some other things too, but those four above and beyond anything else. If a recipe has any of those things in it, I either ignore that recipe or delete that ingredient. Third...and this is directly related to #2, I am an improvisational cook. I mean, for baking I stick to recipes, but for most anything else, well...I'm eating it, so I should cook it how I want to, right? And so should you! If you want to add onions (yuck!), add them. If a 1/4 cup of shredded cheese doesn't sound like enough (and let's face it, you can't ever have enough cheese), throw in more. Fourth, I could probably live happily the rest of my life on a diet of cheese, bread, and tomatoes in varying forms. And finally, sprinkles! I love sprinkles. Everything should really have sprinkles. So that's it...let's start cooking together and see what we come up with!