Food

I've really enjoyed cooking lately. I used to hate it because my first cooking experiences involved helping my mom, and she was always very particular about the way she wanted things. Meaning sometimes I got criticized, which is one thing I did not like at 7 years old and still do not take well to. I was always coerced into it, too. And it took FOREVER. We'd spend like five hours making cookies, and all I really wanted to do was be outside.

Nowadays, I have embraced the art of cooking. My perspective and situation are different now. I now have to cook for myself, or go out, which I try to avoid. And I don't want to have pb&j every day, so it looks like I've got to get creative. That's what I've enjoyed about cooking: looking in my fridge and seeing what I can make out of the stuff I have. I always get really proud of myself when I come up with something a little odd, but delicious. Or something not so obvious. It's a game I play with myself.

I've gotten interested in eating too...I mean, I've always looooved to eat, but the connection between eating and spirituality is interesting. I've also been more aware of the effect that food has on my body, and trying to eat more healthy. And even how I'm eating, whether I'm eating at a table, or in front of the TV, and trying to make eating into the ritual it is with my family.

I tend to get stuck on certain fruits/vegetables and use them in everything I make for a week or two weeks or whatever. A couple weeks ago, it was avocados. Right now, it's peppers. I am all about some peppers right now.