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I’m Finally Getting It
I admit it. I’ve never been much of a cook.
Since being in a house again, I’ve started trying new recipes – well, they’re all new to me - tweaking some of them to fit my own creativity. I’ve even been experimenting with new, fresh, unusual (to me) ingredients.
Recently, we hosted a dinner party and it was so much fun putting a menu together, cooking the dinner, preparing it for a nice presentation. That’s the moment I really got it. I found myself actually having fun… while cooking. Who knew!?
My favorite thing to make? Salads. I love choosing different kinds of nuts, dried fruit, fresh fruit, cheese, and mixed greens then putting it all together in a fresh display. Almost every time I make a salad I step back and say, “Isn’t it beautiful!” And it ends up tasting really good too. I think the aesthetics help somehow.
I really have to thank my husband on this because without him giving me the freedom to explore (and extending grace when it doesn’t work out) I would have given up long ago. I can’t even tell you how many times I warn him before serving dinner. Gratefully, those instances are becoming fewer and fewer. I think I’m finally getting it.