I'm not trying to toot my own horn but.. Toot Toot!!

So, my new year's resolution for 2011 was to cook at least two recipes a week. Surprisingly, I have been all over this resolution and have stuck with it, sometimes exceeding my own expectations and making three or four recipes a week.

This is not a cooking blog, LORD knows, I'm not that good of a cook to have a blog about solely my culinary skills but I do have to give credit where credit is due! This is a blog about everything and yet nothing and so I will toot my own little horn and say that I am becoming quite the little chef! Who knew that I would find such self-gratification and peace of mind with cooking?..

Last night, I baked fish and it was delish!!! I am almost feeling confident enough to host a dinner party. Who wants to come? I tweaked the recipe a bit (yes, I'm getting that good) but here is the recipe. Baked Fish.

Check out last night's dish:



Chef Andi STRIKES AGAIN!!!!

Tonight, I continued the journey of exploring my kitchen skills and made some of my Great Grandma Sharp's Bread Pudding. In conversation a few weeks back my Grammy told me that her mom would make bread pudding with the bread that wasn't eaten during the week rather than throwing it out. This inspired me to try and make it myself. My Grammy wrote down the recipe just as her mom made it and tonight I attempted to follow it to a tee and make it just the way they both have done time after time.

It was quite the experience as I had to call my Grammy while I was making it because using a dish inside of dish in the oven was baffling to me and words like scold were unfamiiar. Needless to say, I managed through the recipe and it turned out amazingly delicious. No weight watchers points tonight, I'm going back for seconds. I'm sure my Great Grandma would be pleased to know that I successfully made her bread pudding.

Chef Andi?????

So, recently I've joined Weight Watchers again. Not so much to lose weight but more as a healthy life style tool. I used WW a few years ago to lose a little over 10lbs and I really just believe in the program. I have decided this time on WW I am going to cook more often instead of using SmartOnes. So, for the past few weeks I have been cooking, thank you snow days for giving me the time. Surprisingly, cooking is really therapuetic. Maybe I should've been cooking real food a long time ago and by real I mean not mac&cheese and fish sticks out of the boxes. Anyways, I hope to blog more about my cooking experiences. Enjoy the journey with me my friends.

Last night, I made a recipe called the Deep Dish Pizza Casserole. It was delicious!! Here is the website where I found the recipe. http://www.angelfire.com/journal/wwrecipes/ The recipe says that it is worth 6pts but it is based off our their old point system. It is actually worth 9pts on their points plus program and totally is worth all 9 points!