Brit in Texas

about me

I wasn't raised to cook, in fact the opposite as my mum wasn't into cooking it was just a chore to her. If it wasn't for school dinners I would have probably starved! Odd to say but I actually liked school dinners ... except for the fish and chips on Fridays. My passion for cooking started in the early 70's living in London and the in thing was Indian food. I got pretty good at it with lots of tips from our Indian neighbors. Cooking is now my passion and my therapy.

I went through a vegetarian phase early on which was pretty tough going as I didn't like eggs and the only thing most people could come up with was omelet. Fortunately lasagne came along!

Through jobs I ended up working in California, meeting husband #2 (keeps him on his toes , and moved to TX 6 years ago.

Favorite Foods:

Favorite foods are too many to list. Generally we eat in season and buy as much locally produced organic food as we can. We have a small garden and grow what the Texas heat loves. I'm fortunate to have found a hubby that loves his veggies too. He's into making his own kaboochu (spelling?) the tea stuff with a cloud on top! Also he makes yogurt from raw milk and now he's just got into keifer. He's a good cook too especially beans and rice dishes. We both cook from scratch and very rarely use a can of anything. I'm trying to adapt recipes into healthier version as we're not getting any younger and the fat doesn't disappear overnight like it used to! I'll get around to posting some recipes soon. My problem is that I don't measure much and when I do I usual add more of this and more of that at the end.

I love this site and I'm grateful to all those wonderful people who run the great forums.

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