who can't cook????

I often wonder how it is that people say they can't cook.  If you can read you can cook.  My mother always said that 'if the ingredients are good, how bad can it be...'. So many people are afraid........what are you afraid of???  It is your kitchen........it is your dish.........so what if it isn't exactly what you thought it would be, it is your own creation....enjoy the outcome!

Since we were children, my sister and I have always experimented with cooking.  Starting by helping mom in the kitchen, we got our first taste of culinary adventure.  We then graduated to our own 'Easy Bake Oven'......WOW.......we were able to make towering cakes that my brother would devour.  We fancied ourselves masters of the kitchen.  As we got a little older, mom would let us try our hands at a meal or a dessert.  I vividly remember deciding to make a lemon meringue pie....not knowing that you were supposed to let the lemon cool before putting the meringue on top.........it was basically lemon custard with baked egg whites kind of mixed in and sitting on top.....rather ugly and sad.....but hey, my dad ate it anyway.  He said that it was good!! (the ingredients were good, how bad could it be!!) He always encouraged us, no matter what it looked like......he said that it was great!  No wonder we are so confident in the kitchen. 

Tell yourself that it is all good........no matter what you make, enjoy and experiment and make it your own!