Just A Little TLC: I'm a Cook!

My new last name can be used as a play on words...obviously. I'm a teacher and when I got married in February and my last name changed to Cook, the students had a lot of fun teasing me about my name. "Hey Mrs. Cook, can you cook?" or "Mrs. Cook is a real cook now." My favorite though, (really) was when I outwitted a student who was trying to be clever and one student declared, "OOOOOOOO, you just got cooked!" Now that one was pretty cool!!

But back to the meaning of the title of this post. I really mean cook in the sense of the word that has to do with preparing food. :) I didn't cook much growing up. My mom was a great cook and she just did it. And I let her! So I've had a lot to learn in my adult life about cooking. (You should ask Adam about my hamburger meat story. He loves using this to pick at me!) I'm not a very creative cook. I am very much a stick to the recipe kind of gal. Now my husband, he is great in this area. He can look at a hodge podge of ingredients and throw something together. I was very impressed when I first discovered this talent of his. In all fairness to me though, he has an advantage...he has been a "cook" his entire life. ;) Well, I've said for years and years that I'm not a good cook but I think I've been selling myself short. Yes, I may not deviate from the recipe very much but my kids all like my cooking and I've been getting better and better in the last 18 years. Last night, I fixed a recipe from the Food & Family magazine put out by Kraft Foods. It was a recipe I made one time years ago and then lost. My 15 year old son, Connor, has been begging me to make it again over the years. I finally discovered the magazine in a box in the garage a few days ago and made the recipe again! It was a hit. Connor was very happy with me except he said I didn't make enough. I have to admit, since cooking is one of my insecurities, I especially cherish any compliments I receive. So, because I was so proud of my cooking accomplishment, I took a picture of it...of course. Doesn't everyone take pictures of their meals? I'll put up the Kraft picture and link to the recipe too.