I Love To Cook

       I have always loved to cook! I have many people in my life that have been cooking inspirations to me. My mom is the first. Her friends used to call her the kitchen chemist because when she eats something she wants to try and recreate that specific taste. One memory I have is when my mom was cooking sugar cookies, I about 8 something years old sitting on the kitchen counter just watching and drawing in her big blue cookbook, also I was probably eating the cookie dough.  I remember also being excited when I turned 12  because I could wash the dishes, that excitement didn't last long.(lol) Mainly because when I cook I make big messes. My mom is also the one who taught me the right way to hold and chop with a knife I think I  was about 9 to 10. I also love my mom's cooking, homemade bread with butter nothing can beat that. She always is trying to make her food more healthy but still taste the same. We never had ingredients like Crisco and disgusting hydrogenated oils, or MSG which I am allergic to, corn syrup only during holiday candy making, and junk foods are a rarity in my home. But fruits and vegetables are readily available. I am grateful to my mom that she raised her family in a healthy atmosphere. She also believes in the saying, "Give a man a fish feed him for a day, teach a man to catch fish feed him for a lifetime." She raise us five girls to be independent by teaching us how to cook. Another one of my Cooking idols is Julia Child's. First, because she was the one to bring french cooking to America, and second because she believed in fresh ingredients. But most importantly her attitude, she was always so happy when she cooked so lighthearted you can tell she had fun cooking even if she dropped an omelet or burned something. I once wrote into a competition about Julia Childs, I got second place, here is the link if you want to read it. http://kylieklein.blogspot.com/2011/05/7th-grade-2nd-place-julia-childs.html Sometimes I will make treats and bring them to school for my friends. Gingerbread men for Christmas, and chocolate cake balls for valentines day. I also made a goal to not eat school lunch once this last school year. I am proud to say I didn't eat that cafeteria poison once! All these treats and home lunches are how I got my nick name at school, my friends sometimes call me Betty Crocker. Even though my cooking style is nothing like hers; I have to admit who doesn't enjoy a simple vanila box cake? But I always make my own frosting. Food is ment to be enjoyed so why eat something that doesn't taste good. Something that I find funny is that I catch myself cooking when I am board. My Food Nutrition class was so lame, Mainly because the only thing I learned was that cake mixed with Andes mints do not belong together in the microwave. (don't ask) I think that it is very important for people to learn how to cook but with real ingredients. I guess you could call me a Real Foodist! I believe that in whatever you eat make it real but with portion control and regular exercise. I am pretty good at eating right but not with exercise. That is why I am making a new goal I am going to exercise at least 45 min a day for the rest of the summer. I'll try to post the forms of exercise I do. ( I am open to ideas) But if my schedule wont allow me I will have to do an hour the next day.  I have always wanted to make a difference. Many people have told me that I should go to culinary school and get my own restaurant. While this sounds great and certainly not out of the question what I think I want to do more is to become a food nutrition teacher in a high school. I want to remind and teach people how to cook again.