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Some people choose to go to the gym. Or drink a glass bottle of wine. Or hang out with friends. Or read a book. But when I'm having a bad day, all I want to do is go home and cook. I know, it sounds so weird. Work all day and then go home and work even more all night. Sounds exhausting, right?
I've been cooking since I was a little girl. Both of my parents were ah.may.zing. cooks so they taught me and my brothers well. After my father passed away, my mother went back to school to pursue a Master's degree while working full-time. Clearly, this didn't leave much time for her to cook dinner for the family, so I stepped up to the plate. Every night for three years, I cooked dinner. While for some children it may seem like a chore, for me it wasn't. In fact, it was something I looked forward to every night. Creating recipes, playing with fire spices, and experimenting with bold flavors.
My passion for life is in my food.
I realized this tonight, after making three trips to three different grocery stores in the city looking for ricotta cheese. Seriously, Trader Joe's doesn't carry ricotta cheese?!
Tonight, I tested out a my own concoction for stuffed strawberries - ricotta cheese, cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla. I'm sure there's a recipe out there somewhere, or someone's already thought of this, so I can't really take credit for it. I never thought to pair ricotta cheese with fruit, but it's amazing how delicious it turned out. This was actually a dry run for my big Super Bowl Sunday Brunch that I'm making for some friends. I made two dozen stuffed strawberries and I ate all of them in ten minutes four hours.
Don't judge me.
Earlier this week I also made Thai Basil Chicken with rice from scratch, and for the rest of the weekend I'm getting my hands dirty with a rosemary chicken & spinach salad, turkey meatballs (and maybe an attempt at homemade spaghetti sauce), and ricotta-blueberry pancakes.
I don't use recipes because I hate them (I also hate measurements), but I decided to start writing things down so I can take credit for it in the future. And for when I open up my own restaurant/bed & breakfast.
I dream big, what can I say.
Got any good recipes for me? I promise I won't steal them. Or at least give you credit for them.
Maybe.
PS: Did you read my intro post on Stratejoy yet? I'll be blogging there every Friday for the next six months. Lots of delicious and honest writing. Check me out, yo.
