Malcolm X: Questions: something I learned based on a motivation...

The thing I learned about from pure motivation was I would say, how to cook. I know that’s a funny thing to write about, but I take pride in my cooking and it has been a long time coming! ;)..

 I moved out at 15 and immediately got a job. My husband and I had just got together and we decided to move in together. We searched and found a beautiful little apartment that was perfect for us in our minds and I officially had to learn to cook! My husband grew up around food all the time. If it wasn’t his Mama cooking, then it was his Grandma or his sister. I knew the basics, and that was ok, but I wanted to do better. I started collecting cookbooks and watching the Food Network shows and also the Texas Barbeque Guy on channel 9. I began experimenting with different ingredients in the main entrée and different sides to compliment the entrée.

At first it was probably a 60/40 ratio of doing it right, however over the years I have just about perfected many of the recipes that ended up disasterous in my rookie years. Now that we have our family, we both cook. Sometimes we switch off and sometimes we cook together depending on our schedules. Our friends and family love to come over because they know they are going to eat well! Holidays are a huge gathering of both our families and it is a whole lot of fun! We have so many different dishes there because most people that come over will bring a dish of their own.  Anyways its safe to say I learned to cook out of pure motivation, with no formal education at all. It was fun and at times not so fun, but in the end I learned to do it,

I still have so much to learn and please post a recipe if you have a good one.. I love trying new things!!