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Cooking/Baking Poll
How did you learn to cook/bake?
What level of cook/baker do you consider yourself?
What was your worst cooking/baking disaster?
What area of your cooking/baking would you like to improve?
How many dinners a week do you/DH cook at home on average?
Who is the primary cook in your house?
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
What is one of your favorite recipes that you made recently? Post it if possible
What is one of your favorite recipes that you are looking forward to making? Post it if possible
Re: Cooking/Baking Poll
How did you learn to cook/bake? I grew up in the kitchen helping my mom and grandma.
What level of cook/baker do you consider yourself? maybe intermediate.
What was your worst cooking/baking disaster? Crockpot spaghetti
What area of your cooking/baking would you like to improve? I wish I could be more creative.
How many dinners a week do you/DH cook at home on average? on average, I would say 4. We do leftovers and go out to eat usually once.
Who is the primary cook in your house? me
What is your favorite kitchen gadget? I have this little container that keeps lemons fresh after you cut them... it even looks like a lemon.
What is one of your favorite recipes that you made recently? Post it if possible. This is definitely not fancy, but I've been making zucchini like they do in Japanese restaurants.... little olive oil, lemon juice, and soy sauce. It's quick and simple.
What is one of your favorite recipes that you are looking forward to making? Post it if possible. Buffalo Chicken Lasagna
How did you learn to cook/bake? Some from my step-mom but mostly from me just playing around in the kitchen. It's a total learning process!
What level of cook/baker do you consider yourself?Well, my food doesn't kill people! I'd say I'm pretty decent and getting better with each dish.
What was your worst cooking/baking disaster? Mmm probably when I made fire cookies. . . yeah, I caught cookies on fire. I'm not proud
What area of your cooking/baking would you like to improve? My creativity. Right now I'm just going off recipes. I'd love to be able to just throw stuff from my fridge and make a meal out of it without reading something (my step-mom does this all the time)
How many dinners a week do you/DH cook at home on average? At the moment, about two meals a week, but we eat the left overs all week. I also need to work on reducing the meal sizes so that I don't prepare soo much for just two people.
Who is the primary cook in your house? It used to be DH because I would get home after him, but now Im home so I cook all the time and pack him lunches
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What is your favorite kitchen gadget? Probably our pineapple slicer and strawberry slicer. . .absolutely amazing! Lol
What is one of your favorite recipes that you made recently? Post it if possible. French Breakfast Puffs! These were a HUGE hit with our neighbors and church group as well as DH
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http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/12/french_breakfast_puffs/What is one of your favorite recipes that you are looking forward to making? Post it if possible. At some point, I want to make a roast with potatoes and carrots and all the fixings! We'll get there eventually
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How did you learn to cook/bake? From doing it with my mom & aunts growing up. I continue to learn from cookbooks, blogs and cooking shows. I just subscribed to "Cook's Illustrated" which I am really excited about because it really delves in to technique.
What level of cook/baker do you consider yourself? Cooking I'd say intermediate. Baking I'd say intermediate to advanced.
What was your worst cooking/baking disaster? I honestly can't think of one. Even dishes I've messed up haven't been total disasters.
What area of your cooking/baking would you like to improve? I'd really like to improve my knife skills, and like pp's have said I'd like to be able to just come up with recipes on my own.
How many dinners a week do you/DH cook at home on average? Right now our living/working situation is unusual, so I'm only cooking 2-3 nights per week. When our life is normal, I cook 6-7 nights per week. (That is, if you count stuff like grilled cheese & tomato soup or breakfast-for-dinner as cooking.)
Who is the primary cook in your house? me
What is your favorite kitchen gadget? my KA mixer. My favorite every day gadget (or at least the one that gets the most use) is my garlic press.
What is one of your favorite recipes that you made recently? Post it if possible I haven't made any of my true favorites lately.
What is one of your favorite recipes that you are looking forward to making? Post it if possible I'm really just looking forward to getting back to our regular routine and being able to cook more, with my own tools!
How did you learn to cook/bake? Learned from trial and error. I had to start cooking at a very early to take care of my brother and sister
What level of cook/baker do you consider yourself? It's a hit or miss
What was your worst cooking/baking disaster? Fish Taco's (to this day DH says its the worst thing he has ever tasted) and I have to agree with him
What area of your cooking/baking would you like to improve? Creativity
How many dinners a week do you/DH cook at home on average? About 5
Who is the primary cook in your house? Me
What is your favorite kitchen gadget? Food Processor
What is one of your favorite recipes that you made recently? Post it if possible
Crockpot Pot Roast w/veggies
What is one of your favorite recipes that you are looking forward to making? Post it if possible
I love cooking anything Turkish
It reminds me of home
How did you learn to cook/bake? Rachael Ray- no joke! I would watch her shows since she shows you every step and started with her recipes. Then it was mainly trial and error with DH giving me tips along the way.
What level of cook/baker do you consider yourself? Intermediate
What was your worst cooking/baking disaster? Icebox Cake- Never again will MIL say "you can't mess this up". I burned the pudding so bad DH was still cleaning the pan 2 months later. And my poor father ate his entire piece to try to make me feel better about all of it!
What area of your cooking/baking would you like to improve? I would like to learn more recipes since I feel like I don't have a good batch to pull from for all occasions
How many dinners a week do you/DH cook at home on average? 4 since we eat out too much. But I'm trying to make that 6 or 7.
Who is the primary cook in your house? DH since he is working from home and usually has dinner on the table when I get home. But I cook on the weekends.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget? My scraper. Without it I lose about half of my chopped veggies from the cutting board to the pan.
What is one of your favorite recipes that you made recently? Mexican Tomato Rice and Beans or Fruit Tarts (recipe in my blog)
What is one of your favorite recipes that you are looking forward to making? WW Slow Cooker Moussaka- recipe will be posted in my blog soon.
How did you learn to cook/bake? Mostly from trial and error and from watching cooking shows. I remember as a child asking my mom NOT to bake cookies anymore because they didn't taste good. Ouch.
What level of cook/baker do you consider yourself? Cook, I guess I'd still be considered a beginner because I'm totally recipe dependent. I'd say I'm an intermediate baker though.
What was your worst cooking/baking disaster? I can't think of some out and out disasters but there were a good handful of times where whatever I made just didn't taste good.
What area of your cooking/baking would you like to improve? I wish I could be more adventurous with my ingredients, but my taste is very bland so i don't see that happening very much.
How many dinners a week do you/DH cook at home on average? I'd say 5 on average, but I also bring my lunch during the week, so does that count as well?
Who is the primary cook in your house? I am.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget? The one I use on a daily basis is my carrot peeler. But I do love my cherry pitter, and my grandma's cast iron skillets.
What is one of your favorite recipes that you made recently? Post it if possible It was a clean eating version of sweet and sour chicken. It was very tasty. I can't find the recipe online anymore though! I think it was one of the H & Fers.
What is one of your favorite recipes that you are looking forward to making? Post it if possible The clean eating almond chicken.
How did you learn to cook/bake? Helping my mom
What level of cook/baker do you consider yourself? Intermediate
What was your worst cooking/baking disaster? Haha, nothing comes to mind although I have certainly made recipes that I would never need to make again. I'm kind of stubborn, so I usually end up eating the things that I made even if I don't really like them.
What area of your cooking/baking would you like to improve? I'd like to get better at grilling and cooking meat; DH currently does most of the grilling, but I'd like to learn how to do that too. I can cook meat in the oven or on the stove, just not really on the grill.
How many dinners a week do you/DH cook at home on average? We eat at home 6-7 nights per week, although during the school year we sometimes eat things like Ramen noodles, Hot Pockets, etc. so that's not really cooking... Now that it's summer and we're not in classes, we're doing real cooking more.
Who is the primary cook in your house? It fluctuates. I enjoy cooking more than DH, but he'll cook if I'm going to be getting home late.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget? My Kitchen Aid mixer
What is one of your favorite recipes that you made recently? Post it if possible It's from a cookbook I got recently called How to Cook Everything (Mark BIttman)--the chicken roasted in butter or olive oil. Very easy, very yummy. I normally get my recipes from allrecipes.com, but I'm really enjoying this cookbook.
What is one of your favorite recipes that you are looking forward to making? Post it if possible Nothing's coming to mind...