Lately Dave and I have been busy with food. (I'm drawing something of a blank on my grammar/phrasing tonight.) Last weekend we made homemade salsa, earlier this week I made freezer raspberry jam, and today we tried zuchini bread. I am quite proud of this accomplishment; however, I must admit that our attempts need to be worked on. They were all first time trials.
The salsa was hit and miss. Some bites were quite good, while others tasted a little like tomato paste (which was not actually used in the recipe). We made fresh salsa 2 years ago. I never tried it because by the time we were done making it I was too sick of the smell. This time we blended the ingredients to make it more of a sauce-type salsa.
My jam turned out pretty well. I've yet to taste it, but I'm really pretty proud of myself for that one. For anyone who has ever done freezer jam, you know it's not all that complicated. Yet, it is a big deal for me. For what it's worth I did hand mash the berries.
We ended up with 2 zuchini breads. Dave made zuchini bread and I did a double chocolate zuchini bread. Neither one turned out as well as we would have liked. The taste wasn't too bad, but the crust was tough, not burned though. It was also a little dry. Like several other dishes, food explorations, whatever our attempts need to be re-tried andor tweaked.
During our vast time together, Dave and I have discovered that we rather enjoy cooking. We don't always know what to cook, but we like to "play with food" and try new things. I enjoy trying new recipes and Dave is definitely the creative cook. He's the type who throws things together and wings it. To his credit, most of what he's "made up" has turned out really well. We semi-jokingly talk about starting a restaurant; however, if and when that event occurs, it won't be anytime soon. Frankly we enjoy just cooking for ourselves, our family, and friends.
In conclusion - We do not generally get recipes right the first time; we both have some really good dishes; for now we will keep plugging away with developing our culinary skills...at home for now; and you haven't had our "fancy" cooking (or it's been a while), let us know and we'll see what we can do. :0)
P.S. Here's a random pic (from a year ago) just to get a picture attached to a post while we're still waiting to get newer/updated pictures posted.
The salsa was hit and miss. Some bites were quite good, while others tasted a little like tomato paste (which was not actually used in the recipe). We made fresh salsa 2 years ago. I never tried it because by the time we were done making it I was too sick of the smell. This time we blended the ingredients to make it more of a sauce-type salsa.
My jam turned out pretty well. I've yet to taste it, but I'm really pretty proud of myself for that one. For anyone who has ever done freezer jam, you know it's not all that complicated. Yet, it is a big deal for me. For what it's worth I did hand mash the berries.
We ended up with 2 zuchini breads. Dave made zuchini bread and I did a double chocolate zuchini bread. Neither one turned out as well as we would have liked. The taste wasn't too bad, but the crust was tough, not burned though. It was also a little dry. Like several other dishes, food explorations, whatever our attempts need to be re-tried andor tweaked.
During our vast time together, Dave and I have discovered that we rather enjoy cooking. We don't always know what to cook, but we like to "play with food" and try new things. I enjoy trying new recipes and Dave is definitely the creative cook. He's the type who throws things together and wings it. To his credit, most of what he's "made up" has turned out really well. We semi-jokingly talk about starting a restaurant; however, if and when that event occurs, it won't be anytime soon. Frankly we enjoy just cooking for ourselves, our family, and friends.
In conclusion - We do not generally get recipes right the first time; we both have some really good dishes; for now we will keep plugging away with developing our culinary skills...at home for now; and you haven't had our "fancy" cooking (or it's been a while), let us know and we'll see what we can do. :0)
P.S. Here's a random pic (from a year ago) just to get a picture attached to a post while we're still waiting to get newer/updated pictures posted.
I didn't know this about you? You will have to cook for us at work sometime. But something healthy because I am trying to loose those pounds I've put on since July 22nd...(the start of all the drama, bah!). I would love to taste some of the freezer raspberry jam! I bet it is spectacular! I've never made freezer jam myself, and only helped my mom make jam otherwise. Bring it in to work sometime and let us (or at least me) have a bite?!
ReplyDeleteKim, I've been looking at bread machines tonight and apparently some of them have jam making options. Intriguing huh?
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