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Introduction	With almost 40 years of cooking experience, I've decided to share my (new!) kitchen with you as I use recipes as a template, foraging through my kitchen to see what I have and what I could possibly substitute. I grew up with a cooking mom who never decided until 5:30 at night what she felt like and then would bring recipes to life from the frozen status. I cooked as a child and teenager. One memorable dinner that I prepared with my family included instant mashed potatoes where I learned the difference between the "small t" and the "big T" when it comes to measuring out salt. Finally, in keeping with the theme of this blog's name "More is Better," I learned as a teen that just because you may have 3 more bananas than the banana bread recipe calls for, you should use them all. In fact, it may result in bread that will NEVER bake all the way through. These days I frequently will adapt from a recipe with what I have on-hand. And that is where I will take you on my journey. We often wonder if I will ever be able to recreate a delicious meal due to the copious amount of substitutions I made off the cuff.
Interests	I am always interested in trying a new recipe --send me any you want to share :)

Introduction

With almost 40 years of cooking experience, I've decided to share my (new!) kitchen with you as I use recipes as a template, foraging through my kitchen to see what I have and what I could possibly substitute. I grew up with a cooking mom who never decided until 5:30 at night what she felt like and then would bring recipes to life from the frozen status. I cooked as a child and teenager. One memorable dinner that I prepared with my family included instant mashed potatoes where I learned the difference between the "small t" and the "big T" when it comes to measuring out salt. Finally, in keeping with the theme of this blog's name "More is Better," I learned as a teen that just because you may have 3 more bananas than the banana bread recipe calls for, you should use them all. In fact, it may result in bread that will NEVER bake all the way through. These days I frequently will adapt from a recipe with what I have on-hand. And that is where I will take you on my journey. We often wonder if I will ever be able to recreate a delicious meal due to the copious amount of substitutions I made off the cuff.

Interests

I am always interested in trying a new recipe --send me any you want to share :)