[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by underEJ

I have only recently learned to cook, and this was my fear for a while, but I actually broke myself of it starting with experimenting on soups. Soups are very easy to work with and even if you go a bit wrong it is pretty easy to recover.

Then because I have no time for long classes and learning to cook on equipment I don't own with pans I will never have, I hired a personal chef for four nights to come to my house and cook with my available things and teach me about cooking in a way I could actually put into practice. It was awesome. Each night we made 4 or 5 meals and he never used a recipe for anything. Asked me questions about what I like then adjusted his plan accordingly so I ended up with a weeks meals ready to reheat of well made food that I loved. One night a week for four weeks, and I was the one cooking by the end.

I learned not just to cook, but that I really like sweet and spicy mixed together so pairing things like honey with red pepper, or brown sugar with cayenne pepper work really well for me and that can be in a soup, on vegetables, or meat.

I love where FMB is going with this blog and I will follow it! It is just my kind of food blog. Good luck!

Thanks for the kind words, underEJ. I appreciate it.

I also think your idea of hiring the personal chef for a few days was a really good idea! If I can ask, what did something like that run you? I don't imagine many people could do that, but "if you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up."