Yes another food blog

So there are a million food blogs out there, I know. And I'm not a gourmet chef. But I like to cook, and I need a way to document all of the grand adventures (and small triumphs) that occur when cooking in a dorm kitchen.

Sometimes I can't believe I'm doing this whole cooking thing. I mean, college students are supposed to live on ramen, hot pockets, and easy mac, right? And i do love me some easy mac. But there's only so much of those college staples and dining hall food I can take. I start to get antsy. And i want to eat healthy food. And cook. Last year I had a dream entirely about broccoli and pot roast. And then I hijacked the kitchen in my friend Julia's building and made a berry pie (not healthy, I know, but work with me here....I needed to cook something.)

This year I have a kitchen in my suite and more time on my hands (I'm on the crew team but am sitting out this year due to hip injuries...). I belong to a CSA program that delivers fresh fruits and vegetables on campus once a week, and I let what I get in my box influence the food I make. I search recipes on the internet for inspiration, but I mess with them, adding and subtracting ingredients depending what I have on hand.

This isn't another Julie/Julia blog, a recipe repository, or a baking brag-athon. This is my scrapbook of sorts of my attempt to make my own healthy(ish) food, and my growth (hopefully) as a cook. I don't really do measurements. My go-to ingredients are garlic and cumin. And I'm still somewhat limited on making actual entrees. But whatever. Veteran cooks beware, some of the recipes I try out and the methods I use in the kitchen may make you cringe. I'm really, seriously, making it up as I go along. I burn stuff, I forget to add ingredients, and I add too much salt. But I'm working on it. This is me, being in college, and becoming a cook. So here we go.