It was always a priority for me to have our family of five sit down to a home-cooked meal every night. I enjoyed cooking and seldomly used recipes or cooked the same thing in the same way, twice. Somewhere along the way I started to burn out and convinced my water-boiling, peanut butter-spreading husband that he would have to cook on the weekends if he wanted me to keep cooking during the week.
We used that system until a few years ago when a shoulder injury prevented me from cooking. It was too painful. After the injury healed, I just didn't want to start cooking again so the husband took over for good. My interest in cooking never went away - it just became more theoretical. I still bought and read cookbooks for inspiration, poured over cooking magazines and Web sites and imagined tastes and recipes. I even bought a few new pieces of coveted cookwear.
Maybe it's okay to spend more time in the kitchen again -a little at a time. I've been testing the new pots and I like eating the results. As I cook, I'll add to this blog with the hope of inspiring other reluctant cooks. I don't always supply exact recipes, but rather ideas that may be useful in deciding what and how to make an easy and delicious meal.
I've been a vegetarian for a long time and have gone through many dietary variations from lacto-ovo to low-heated to Macrobiotic to vegan. I've been influenced by all and my cooking may call for ingredients from umeboshi paste to yeast flakes. Usually I prefer simple cooking that enhances the taste of food rather than changes it. It may be as simple as grinding peppercorns over a wok-seared vegetable.
I use organic food whenever possible and whole grains. I won't always mention this in the blog entries but wanted to note it.
Please leave comments on the posts or e-mail me at cookeasyvegan@gmail.com if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. Thanks for reading.
-Andrea
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