Recipes Gone AWOL

As you can see from my prior post, there was no recipe included. This will probably happen quite often, and I've decided to accept that. You see, stressing over pinning down a recipe simply to include in this blog might drive me nutty. As much as I cook -- very often, dishes of my own creation -- there is rarely, if ever, a recipe involved. This proves to be a problem when someone falls in love with something and immediately requests the recipe.

I cook using the touchy feeling method, as my dear Mamala would say, meaning, I add a little of this, a bit of that, have a taste and decide where to go from there. Some of my best dishes have been created after a few minutes standing in front of the fridge and just pulling out things I think will taste yummy together, with nary a measuring spoon in sight. This is why I tend to prefer cooking over baking. While I have the biggest sweet tooth East of the Mississippi, I find a lot more creative freedom in savory dishes. I love to come up with a dish in my head and then try to get that perfectly imagined taste on my tongue.

So, if you're looking for recipes, look elsewhere. That said, if you read the blog all the way through, you'll absolutely be able to recreate any dish I've made. In fact, I suggest creating your own recipe as you read, taking notes of what you need and what to do with it, and maybe adding a touch or two of your own along the way. That way, you'll have a nice little cheat sheet, and, as an added bonus, your computer will stay clean. So while there may not be clear-cut recipes for most of my original dishes, when I write about desserts or meals I've made that do have recipes, I'll happily include them!