I can't speak for Valerie, but I (Laura) am an awful cook. I grew up with my mother, who is a fabulous cook, and my grandmother who taught my mother how to be a fabulous cook. She did the cooking in our house, I did not. Furthermore, in college when I had a kitchen of my own I had a roommate, a boyfriend, and a roommate, who made wonderful food for me. So I have never really needed to be good at cooking, believe me when I didn't have these wonderful people to cook for me, I subsisted on tomato soup, salad, and beer (beer has nommy calories). Plus I don't think I'm good at cooking, and I don't tend to enjoy things I'm not good at. I think if I was proficient at chopping, slicing, and measuring I would enjoy it more, but that comes with practice of which I have none. But maybe this new blog will give me the necessary skills to like cooking. Maybe.
I think it's cool that you're learning and in a way that is motivating to you. I liked cooking when it was in an Italian restaurant. Back to the noodle-love theme. And I love baking because people like you when you make tasty things. I think the most important thing is experimenting with recipes, having motivation to try new stuff and working in an environment where you feel safe not being great at it (yet).
ReplyDeleteomg I'm the exact same way. College had me existing on microwave mac and cheese from Trader Joe's and Lean Cuisine meals. I get tired after 5 minutes of chopping! My mom must have arms of steel.
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