I love food.

There is nothing more pleasing to the senses than a bite of something extra delicious. :)
Unfortunately, I'm a terrible cook. Ever since I was in elementary school, I've always tried to emulate people on cooking shows. I would make a mess out of the kitchen by pre-measuring all the ingredients and setting them out in little bowls (cooking shows make it seem like the cool thing to do). I would enjoy the process--"let's add a little dash of pepper," "now here we have finely diced tomatoes,"--but I never seemed to get the end product right. And by that, I mean that my food tasted horrible.
Even around holiday season, my friend and I would get together to bake cookies. One batch was supposed to be double chocolate chip, and turned out an odd shade of shiny black. The other batch caught on fire.

But all this hasn't deterred me from my lifelong goal of cooking fabulous food. Ever since my father unexpectedly left my mother and I on June 18th, 2009, I've been cooking just about every night. My mother lost 13 lbs in the span of a month when she found out about my dad's affair. When he left in June, she lost her appetite again and stopped eating, save a few spoonfuls every now and then.

I recalled my disaster days in the kitchen, and how my parents would eat everything that I cooked with smiles on their faces and heaps of praise. Ah Ha! A mother can't turn down her daughter's cooking. I've used this to my advantage, and have been greatly improving my skills ever since. Besides, I have to learn how to cook somehow, otherwise I'll starve to death in my apartment next year.

Enjoy!
-jNN
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Monday, July 20, 2009

cod and veggies


So I dislike seafood. But I like fish...except for those
fishy fishes that smell like seafood. Meaning, my seafood palate is limited to dishes like salmon, mahi mahi, cod, etc. My mom bought too many oranges from Costco about a month ago, and now they're a tad dry and not very tasty. So I took the oranges and made a salad dressing out of them (add vinegar, sesame oil, pepper, ginger, brown sugar), and also made an orange-glazed salmon! For my next attempt at fish (I'm not very comfortable with cooking seafood. Since I don't particular have seafood cravings and my taste in seafood is limited, I never know what particular fish are supposed to taste like), I tried cod.



I put the cod on the stove, with some olive oil,
salt and pepper, and ginger--wanted to keep it simple. Then made a veggie extravaganza with peppers, tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers, and seasoned it with olive oil, pepper and rosemary garlic.

Posted by jNN at 6:44 PM

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousJuly 22, 2009 at 12:07 PM

    looks like someone has come a long way from burning cookies in the oven..

    Albert

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