Keeping it real!

Well its been a while since we posted.  Have to admit the Holiday Season got the best of us.  We were very busy cooking, and baking and now we need to get caught up and post all we made!

I don't claim to be a fancy or experienced cook in fact I am far from it.  It's my daughter Olivia or Liv as we call her that is the cook in the family and she talked me into being part of her blog.  It took me a while to get on board (ah probably 2 years) but better late than never.

Cooking was never really part of me and I made sure of that.  Recently my 27 year old daughter Hattie reminded me of a conversation we had when she was about 15, she was begging me to make a home cook meal and instead I said "here is $20.00 go buy whatever you want, you can go to Jack N The Box, McDonald's, Carls Jr, and Denny's you always like Denny's".

Well if you know me now I would NEVER utter those words to anyone!  Last year was spent on taking my health back and educating myself on what you eat is what you are - literally -- yep its true.  I have gone from the Queen of eating out to now making sure I know what I am putting in my body.  There is so much to learn out there and its all about one step at a time.

There is more to cooking than ingredients and pots and pans.   Never realized there were so many gadgets one could use in the kitchen to perfect a dish! Not to mention the mess and clean up afterwards - oh well who cares it taste delicious and looks great.  Kitchen gadgets, the one thing I am not short of I just need to learn how to use them.  Started my journey of dusting them off and putting them to use.

I did learn about a new gadget this week.  As I'm conversing on fb with a friend about a sweet potato pasta recipe I posted she tells me she made a zucchini pasta and used a spiralizer to make the noodles.  Gotta admit I have never even heard of a spiralizer yet alone how to pronounce it!  I quickly go to Amazon to search for it and am blown away at how many there are on the market.  Another one on my list to get along with the dehydrator!

Who would have known  inspiration for dinner last night a spiralizer I did not have.  What do ya do when you don't have a spiralizer?  Ah you improvise and use the shredder on your Food Processor.  Guess what it worked even though the noodles were let's say a little short, okay they were very very short but it did not change the taste! I made a delicious Avocado Kale Pesto over Zucchini Noodles topped with Vegan Parmesan Cheese and it was wonderful.

Recipe and picture will be posted shortly.