Boxerwing

about me

I work as a part-time nurse in our city's burn unit. In my spare time, I really enjoy browsing cookbooks, cooking magazines, and the web for recipes. I am always looking for new ways to combine common ingredients to mix things up a bit. I try to avoid recipes that call for bizarre or hard-to-get ingredients or require a special kitchen widget I will only use once. If someone were to give me something unusual, I certainly would give it a try! However, my husband and I are adventurous diners and are always willing to try something new at least twice (in case there was a problem the first time!) We enjoy everything from German to Japanese; we want to try Vietnamese next.
My husband and I own a Gold Wing motorcycle and love to travel in the warmer months. We also have three dogs: Roxy, who is a rather large (42 lb.) fox terrier cross (shown above, with me!), Shadow, who is pure-bred reverse-brindle boxer, and Maggie, a brindle boxer. They love it when "Mom" cooks because they know something yummy inevitably hits the floor!

Favorite Foods:

Favourite food: sushi
Favourite ingredient: chocolate!
Favourite tea: Earl Grey with milk and sugar
Favourite veggie: fresh spring asparagus
Favourite fruits: cherries and peaches
Favourite kitchen appliance: my Kitchen-Aid with cheese grater attachment — makes short work of cheese grating wih minimal cleanup (heck, I just like my Kitchen-Aid period!)

Least favourite food: carne con cayenne - suicide. A local mexican restaurant makes this meat dish (beef marinated and cooked in cayenne) and it is too hot for me (even if it was not suicide hot)
Least favourite veggies: brussel sprouts and turnip (blech!)
Least used kitchen appliance: food steamer I got as a gift — I like using my pots instead

Food I'd most like to try in a restaurant: Vietnamese
Food I'd most like to try and prepare at home: maybe a souffle