Today I overcame my fear of cooking. I'm tired of always putting on aprons, chopping ingredients, stirring mixtures, whipping up occasional desserts, but never getting down and dirty with a complete meal. I've always heard cooking was theraputic, and I've been collecting recipes and watching food-network for a good two years. It was time to hit the store for some real groceries (not my usual fruits + broccoli + yogart shopping list).

I'm no Iron Cheft, or Linda Lee... but maybe with practice. :)


Starting with Garden Fresh Vegetable Soup. It contains yogart and I'm so glad it didn't curdle! Remember, no boiling! Maybe worthy of duplication. Perhaps no lemon next time. All goes well with Luna di Luna.

Lemon chicken. Note to self, I don't like sour food! That is not to underplay the fact this is the first time I've ever cooked real meat (not counting seafood). Perhaps I picked this recipe because it called for paprika, and I wanted to put some use to the big bottle I have. Only used 1/2 teaspoon though.

Chinese pancakes, aka ji dan bing, that I jazzed up with green onion. Could have used more salt. I still have a bundle of green onions left, maybe next time!