My Own Food Blog

For a few days I've been working on creating a food blog.  I had planned to post recipes here, but really the more I thought about it I wanted something with more detail.  I really enjoy looking at food blogs so why not have my own.  It may not be as fancy as some, but it's still worth having one.  It's just a better place for me to keep up with things I cook on a whim.  I have really gotten into cooking recipes from blogs so I'm excited about having even my own recipes at hand on the computer.  Eventually I plan to get an iPad and it will be much nicer to cook from.  The laptop just takes up too much of my counter space, and I don't have much as it is!  Anyway, take a look at Isom Cookings & Sweet Spots.

Excited About Cooking

I am so excited about this blog I came across yesterday in search of a specific recipe. I love to cook, but a lot of times I need motivation because I get tired of the same things. My husband really gets excited about new recipes so I usually try for one or two new things when planning my two week menu. However, this is always such a big job it seems. I use spreadsheets for almost everything I do, and that includes my grocery list, & menu. So I sit down with my computer in front of me and piles of cookbooks surrounding me in search of new recipes almost every two weeks. I truly love cookbooks and looking through them, but mostly if they have pictures! Well even in doing this it is so much work to make my menu, because another thing about me is I love variety. My friends that have shopped with me know this is so true! This "variety" carries over in my menu planning. I will not plan two similar meals in a two week period. This goes for things like Italian, Pasta's, Casseroles, Mexican, etc. I also will not cook the same meat two consecutive nights in a row. I know that is kinda crazy, but I like to have different things if I'm going to take the time to cook. So now that I have said all that I can tell you the reason I love the new blog! For the Love of Cooking has lots of pictures! I love how she even takes pictures of the ingredients for most of her recipes. Sometimes it is hard to find a new ingredient that you have never used before so this works great to be able to see it before going to the store. Not all of her recipes are totally healthy ones but with what I have seen it is obvious that she tends to think healthy in her cooking. I noticed she uses mostly organic foods and does things to avoid frying. I never have been a big frying person my self because it is so bad for you and it makes such a big mess. She has several different categories of foods which makes for tons of options. I love that I can just sit down and within clicks, cutting and pasting I have recipes with pictures in my documents, and I can put the ingredients into my grocery list easily. I'm sure there are a lot more cooking blogs out there, but this happens to be the first one I have even looked at I think and it meets so many of my likes that I am just excited about it!

Saturday Dinner

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Today we decided to stay home and Chris would smoke some ribs. Well I never thought anything about it till after dinner, then when I did I could not help but laugh and make a post. I went to Dubya Lynn and showed Chris his post about cooking. He of course thought is was hilarious, especially after our ribs. So Chris decided to smoke these ribs (he has never smoked anything) and put them on around 12:30 knowing it would take most of the day. So he kept checking them and adding "the sauce" so they would not be dry, and kept adding wood to the fire so he could have his smoke. He never had a major fire like some others, just lots of smoke! So about 6:40 he goes out and has no smoke, so he puts charcoal on and cooks them the rest of the way like that. Well the kids thought they were great, I thought they were okay with the exception of a very strong smoke flavor in the thick caked on cooked "sauce" that he kept adding to the ribs, and Chris one minute he would say these are okay, then he would be like man that was actually a good bite I think. So then later he said, "I know you were trying to be nice but those ribs were awful, I think the worst I ever had." Anyway, I guess that's one good thing about a messed up meal is it brings some laughter if you will. Oh, and I sure am glad that spur of the moment invitation to company did not go through, LOL! We had a wonderful day at home and just finished off our dinner with some good ol Braums Ice Cream!