Cilantro

I come from a line of marvelous women... who don't like to cook. To us, cooking is something you do in order to eat, in order to survive. Luckily, I married the perfect man for me, Luke wouldn't mind if we ate spaghetti and stir fry on rotation every night for the rest of our lives.

Sometimes, however, I notice people (primarily women) around me who enjoy cooking. They make amazing food every night! They follow something called a recipe and try new and exciting food, with successful results. And they get a lot of joy out of it!

I've never been good at following a recipe. I get bored. I got my Mothers' dislike of cooking but my Fathers' creative desire to throw things into a dish and see how it turns out (my Dad is a great cook). Which is why I get along with stir fry. It's easy to throw things into a stir fry and hard to mess up. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure the best way to increase my desire to cook will be to get better at it and the way to get better at cooking is to practice (by following.... recipes).

The other night, I was feeling pretty motivated and decided to try a recipe I have for a quiche. Quiches are pretty simple, right? I followed the recipe perfectly. I even measured out all the ingredients with all those little spoons (something I never do). It smelled great... it looked beautiful... and I MADE it! We tasted it and...

...discovered we hate cilantro.

So we swapped out quiche for this.....

YUM!

Bon Appetit!