Cooking
Cooking is something that I've had an interest in for a few years now. However, I've not exactly been confident enough to cook in my kitchen at home when others are around. When I'm alone, I almost always just stick a quick, frozen meal in the microwave (I'm so lazy). There are so many recipes that I've seen that I'd just love to try. However, we either never have the ingredients, I forget about them, or I just get too nervous about doing certain things in the kitchen. Darn. -shakes fist-
Considering my job, I really shouldn't be nervous about being in a kitchen around others. After all, I'm a cook at a school. It's different there, though. You have certain ways you have to cook and experimenting is something you don't get to do unless you're the person on the salad bar for the teachers. I suppose I'm nervous there too, as I never do anything fancy when I'm on salad bar.
However, I do think that working there has helped me a bit. Lately I've not been as nervous as I use to be. Today I even made something I thought would be really yummy and I was right! It was. I made a very yummy caramelized french onion dip for my chips. My mom loved it. Dad not so much. Then again, he doesn't like onions or garlic; both of which are in this chip dip. I'm heading over to a friend's house tomorrow, for the weekend, and I'm going to take some over there and let her try it. Hopefully she likes it. It really does boost your confidence when someone else thinks what you made is tasty.
Here's to hoping I try out more recipes in the kitchen!
Considering my job, I really shouldn't be nervous about being in a kitchen around others. After all, I'm a cook at a school. It's different there, though. You have certain ways you have to cook and experimenting is something you don't get to do unless you're the person on the salad bar for the teachers. I suppose I'm nervous there too, as I never do anything fancy when I'm on salad bar.
However, I do think that working there has helped me a bit. Lately I've not been as nervous as I use to be. Today I even made something I thought would be really yummy and I was right! It was. I made a very yummy caramelized french onion dip for my chips. My mom loved it. Dad not so much. Then again, he doesn't like onions or garlic; both of which are in this chip dip. I'm heading over to a friend's house tomorrow, for the weekend, and I'm going to take some over there and let her try it. Hopefully she likes it. It really does boost your confidence when someone else thinks what you made is tasty.
Here's to hoping I try out more recipes in the kitchen!