I'm Thankful for...........I know how to Cook!
I had some friends over last night to have dinner and hang out. Everybody brought the meat they wanted to grill and I provided the side dishes. I made garlic bread, baked beans, and my famous scalloped potatoes. I have been making these potatoes for guest for years now and they are delicious! I heard several times last night how good they were. I have been told by so many people how good I can cook and I always brush it off and say it's no big deal. Cooking is just something I have been doing for so long that it just comes natural and easy to me.
I learned to cook when I was five years old. My mother had a major surgery and was laid up and she couldn't cook for me and my brother and sister, so she taught me how from her bed. I don't remember too much about it, but I guess it was okay because we all survived! I continued learning as I grew up and when I moved in with my grandmother at sixteen she taught me even more. My grandmother was an awesome cook; she could take a plain hamburger patty and make it taste like the best thing you ever eaten. She taught me a lot about simplicity in cooking. So, if you take the five years and subtract it from my current age that means I have been cooking for 35 years! I had better be good at it!
I love to entertain and cook for my friends. I usually have someone over the house at least once a month or more and since my friends Ty and Kelly live so close they are usually the chosen ones. Just before the holidays they were coming over almost every week. I love to have Ty over he is the best at giving compliments telling me how good everything is. I guess when they move away there will be a spot open for dinner at my house....anybody up for the challenge?
I love to try new recipes and I have over a hundred cookbooks and cooking magazines and countless loose recipes cut out of newspapers and written on scraps of paper. I used to collect cookbooks but have tried to curb this habit, because really, do I need that many! There are more recipes in them then I could ever make in my lifetime! I have some tried and true favorites I have been making for years. I grew up in New Orleans so I know how to cook Cajun food and my Gumbo is to die for! I can make these button mushrooms that take three hours to make that will melt in your mouth, just ask Kelly! (I promise I will make them for you soon, Carrie!)
I am proud that I know how to cook and how to do it well. I don't get to do it as much as I did when I was married; I only do it when Nick is here for half the week. I really miss being able to cook for a family. But, one day I'll meet someone and you know what they say.....the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. If that’s true I think I have a pretty good shot at his heart!
Here is a quick and easy recipe for you to try. I say it in a magazine a couple of months ago and have made it several times. Ty tells me it's some of the best brownies he's ever had.
Take a box of regular brownie mix and bake them according to the directions on the box.
Chop up a bag of miniature Reese peanut butter cups.
When you take the brownies out of the oven sprinkle the Reese over the top and stick back in the oven for about 3-4 minutes.
Cool and cut.
It's that easy and they are soooooo....good! You can try it with any other kind of candy bar, so explore if you want too!
I learned to cook when I was five years old. My mother had a major surgery and was laid up and she couldn't cook for me and my brother and sister, so she taught me how from her bed. I don't remember too much about it, but I guess it was okay because we all survived! I continued learning as I grew up and when I moved in with my grandmother at sixteen she taught me even more. My grandmother was an awesome cook; she could take a plain hamburger patty and make it taste like the best thing you ever eaten. She taught me a lot about simplicity in cooking. So, if you take the five years and subtract it from my current age that means I have been cooking for 35 years! I had better be good at it!
I love to entertain and cook for my friends. I usually have someone over the house at least once a month or more and since my friends Ty and Kelly live so close they are usually the chosen ones. Just before the holidays they were coming over almost every week. I love to have Ty over he is the best at giving compliments telling me how good everything is. I guess when they move away there will be a spot open for dinner at my house....anybody up for the challenge?
I love to try new recipes and I have over a hundred cookbooks and cooking magazines and countless loose recipes cut out of newspapers and written on scraps of paper. I used to collect cookbooks but have tried to curb this habit, because really, do I need that many! There are more recipes in them then I could ever make in my lifetime! I have some tried and true favorites I have been making for years. I grew up in New Orleans so I know how to cook Cajun food and my Gumbo is to die for! I can make these button mushrooms that take three hours to make that will melt in your mouth, just ask Kelly! (I promise I will make them for you soon, Carrie!)
I am proud that I know how to cook and how to do it well. I don't get to do it as much as I did when I was married; I only do it when Nick is here for half the week. I really miss being able to cook for a family. But, one day I'll meet someone and you know what they say.....the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. If that’s true I think I have a pretty good shot at his heart!
Here is a quick and easy recipe for you to try. I say it in a magazine a couple of months ago and have made it several times. Ty tells me it's some of the best brownies he's ever had.
Take a box of regular brownie mix and bake them according to the directions on the box.
Chop up a bag of miniature Reese peanut butter cups.
When you take the brownies out of the oven sprinkle the Reese over the top and stick back in the oven for about 3-4 minutes.
Cool and cut.
It's that easy and they are soooooo....good! You can try it with any other kind of candy bar, so explore if you want too!
posted by Sonya Terrell at
10:03 AM
4 Comments:
I do have to say that the things that you have made, that I have had, are delicious! Keep up the good work, and be greatful God blessed you with such a great talent. (I didn't think it was possible for people not to know how to cook, but I actually met a girl the other day, that honestly believed you should cook everything at 350 degrees -- so it truly is a talent!)
I love being so close and being the one that gets to try everything. My favorite would have to be the mushrooms. I would love them once more before I go. I would love it even more if you would let me come over and show me how it is done.
Yes, you ARE a great cook! I love you!
I am still waiting on my mushrooms!!!!
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