Some Lovin' from the Oven

Growing up our home always smelled of... well delicious food.  It was always made from the heart... and from my last post I hope you realize that my mom's heart is big and puts out a lot of love.  When I moved out on my own I would cook, but nothing as great as my mom made, unless it was something I could eat for 4 days.  Now that I am with Shaun and have someone else to help eat the food I am cooking more and more (plus, it's cheaper then going out).  BUT, now I have this problem because Shaun doesn't like a lot of the stuff my mom makes because it 1. has onions in it, 2. has mushrooms in it, 3. isn't spicy enough or 4. isn't "well done" (aka burnt) enough.  Now that's not saying I don't have some recipes he loves... case in point he could eat my mom's Sunday dinner Bisquick chicken every day of the week, but I think the butter in that recipe would kill us if we ate is every day.

So, for the most part I'm at square one... and that's when I started doing some research.  I like to try recipes, but I also like to tweak them.  But, if you've ever cooked you know that "tweaking" can lead to disasters!  But then... behold.. the most amazing recipe site EVER!  Allrecipes.com is amazing!  Not only does it have recipes you can use, with pictures... BUT, people comment on there on how THEY tweaked it to make it better!  My best experience... Chicken Pot Pie... someone posted a recipe with 4 ingredients... but then the comments were amazing talking about how they made it more flavorful and how they made it so the crust wasn't mush.

I am a huge fan of the Food Network, and I do use their site as well as the Diabetes Association site since I am borderline and Shaun is diabetic... but the comments are great. 

Also, if you are looking for something new to try start a recipe email exchange, Yes, it's a chain letter, and yes many people hate them... but I love them.  Me, I just keep 2-3 recipes in my word documents and when I get one I just pick one out and email it... it takes 30 seconds, and hopefully you'll get 1-2 in return... if you don't want to do the chain letter type you can always just email your friends and tell them you are stumped and ask them to share their favorite dish.  And if anyone wants to share one with me I'll be happy to try it... just make sure there are no onions or mushrooms in it!