What's Cookin'

Or should I say who's cookin', and the answer would be me. I have made it no secret about my dislike for cooking. I have also proved on many an occasion that I am not such a good cook.

I actually end up in a fairly foul mood after being in the kitchen and mixing more than 3 ingredients. I want to like cooking and I want to be good at it. As far as baking goes, forget it. I really dislike baking and I have no patience for it.

While I was in Pittsburgh I was forced to walk past pierogies cooking in onions and butter and the smell was so yummy, it was awful. I had to stand there with a soft pretzel and some mustard while Brian ate a plate of delicious pierogies.

I have never been able to find vegan pierogies in the grocery store, not any. It makes me a little sad, I miss them.

So when I returned to Phoenix I made it a mission to find a recipe so that I could make these oh so very yummy treats for my tummy.

I was successful in locating a recipe and actually the website had a lot of great recipes. I began a printing frenzy with high hopes for myself and my taste buds. I have linked the site to this one and they have linked to other vegan sites with good stuff. Good stuff like vegan cream eggs. Holy crap I cant wait to try that one.

So Thursday I went to whole foods and bought a crazy amount of things I will need for my future cooking endeavors. This is going to be interesting for sure. I figure that if I am passionate about the food I am trying to make then maybe it will turn out good.

So I gave the pierogies a try that night. My mouth watered as I imagined them on my plate all buttery and oniony with a little kraut on the side. Oh man!

Here is how it went.




We sat down to try this meal and wow, it was frickin good. I did it, I made a good meal. Not eh, but good, more on the delicious side.

So the following night I thought Id keep the momentum going and make Cheese steaks. I found this recipe and I thought that I must eat this.

I enlisted Brian to help with the sauteing of veggies while I made the "cheese" sauce. Things went smoothly, no yelling, no crabbiness, just pure excitement for what I might be getting to eat. I think I am on to something or just on something.


We each took a bite and then we both grinned cause it was good. All of it, the sauce, the mushrooms, the hoagie roll, I cant believe it, 2 for 2.

So for my breakfast on Sunday I plan to make an omelet. I haven't had one in 4 years and I am pretty excited about this.

-Nina