When I was little, my mom worked full time and my father did most of the cooking. His veggie choice always consisted of boiled peas (his favourite) that he would prepare and boil early in the day and the meat choice was always heavily peppered. To this day, my brother and I hardly ever eat peas! He did try to be creative though. Just ask him about his 'amazing' creation of adding tuna to the meaty spaghetti sauce, or adding the cheese powder to the boiling water for our macaroni and cheese.
Anyway, as I got older and mom retired, the chef's hat shifted from Dad's head to Moms. My study time didn't present many opportunities to help my Mom in the kitchen, so as I grew older, my cooking skills were rather lacking in skill and creativity. When I lived on my own for the first time, microwave popcorn was a common dinner and my fridge contents consisted of milk and cheese. When I lived in Asia, eating out in restaurants was so cheap that I never had food in my house.
Now that I'm married with a daughter of my own, I find I am bored with making the same dishes night after night. After having delicious home-made tacos at my friend's house the other night, and reading about another of my friends cooking Thai food, I got inspired!
So for the first time, I decided to make Asian Lettuce Wraps. OK, probably not exciting to all you culinary experts out there, but for me it sounded delicious.
Once I decided on a recipe, I had to go shopping!
Perhaps I'm Canada's next top chef.
Now I just need a Chef's hat.
And a new recipe.
