A Love Of Gardening..........................

Along with the joy of cooking comes a love of gardening for me!

I was just out in my garden today planting some corn!

I didn't have too much of a garden last year and I vowed that I would start my garden this year and I have. So far I have planted a few things and it looks like some of my earlier plantings are coming up. Can't say for sure though because I'm having a little difficulty telling the difference between the weeds and the plantings themselves-LOL!

Of course I intend to use my garden plantings in my cooking!

Fast Food - Don't Get Me Wrong Because I Like Fast Food Too!

Even though this blog is about how I am learning to love cooking that doesn't mean that I don't partake in the pleasures of fast food! In fact I now have a new ritual that I have gotten from The Adsense Consultant.

When I receive an adsense payment I will take at least some of it and order out. I'll order something like a pizza and either a cheeseburger, cheese steak (Philly is famous for their cheese steaks!)some wings or whatever gets my fancy!

My favorite fast food place is still McDonalds! My used to be favorite was Church's Chicken which I think was the best tasting chicken in the world! I don't see them around anymore although some people have told me that they are still in existence!

So even I still love to cook I do have my "fast food" moments!

Cashews!

This seems to be one of my latest favorite snacks! I have already been through my second can of cashews in a week!

Before this my favorite snack food was M & M's.

I'm already at the bottom of my 2nd can of cashews and I want more! (And I'm thinking about going and getting the rest that I have left and eating them now)

What's For Dinner Tonight? - Baked Chicken Wings Seasoned With Onions Garlic and Lemon Slices

The "seasoning" thing came about because of the way that I learned how to roast a turkey for Thanksgiving. There was a lot of preparation involved when I made my Thanksgiving turkey last year and I thought that since I was baking the same rules would apply even if it was chicken (or pork chops). It worked very well with the pork chops so I decided to try it again with the chickens that I have.

Plus I like the baking method of cooking because I like the smell that it makes throughout the house while I'm doing something else - usually while I'm at the computer like now!

So right now my chicken wings are baking in the oven. They have about an hour to go before I will go check on them.

The side dish that I am going to have with the chicken wings will be rice!

I know its important to eat healthy so that is why I have the rice in the first place.

Also too I'm planning to "pig out" when I get my Adsense check next week!

I Found An Absolutely GREAT Cooking-Related Blog!

I read the first entry on this blog and now I know I'm hooked!

The name of the blog is The Real Home Chef!

It's by a woman who is a wife and mother who enjoys cooking.

I glanced at some of the entries and the recipies (and the pictures) look absolutely yummy!

What I Made ForDinner - Garlic & Lemon Flavored Breaded Pork Chops With Rice!

Ahhhh! The joy of cooking! I usually like to bake my meat so that I can smell it cooking throughout the house. This particular time I made baked some pork chops - which was a real treat for me because I haven't bought pork chops in a loooonng while!

The garlic and lemon flavor idea I got from when I was baking my Thanksgiving turkey last year! What I did was finely chop up some onions and garlic and added that to the baking pan with the already breaded pork chops. I sliced a slice of lemon and also added it to the baking pan. Slowly cooked for about 2 and a half hours.

The rice was an additional side dish. It was the "healthy" portion of the meal!

What I Had For Breakfast Today - Scrambled Eggs & Ham

It isn't "original" but this was definitely a hearty breakfast! Scrambled eggs are pretty much my standard as far as eggs go. I have made hard boiled eggs and have used eggs to make french toast too. Instead of regular bread I had garlic bread with butter and I find that I am becoming increasingly fond of garlic bread. It's a nice thing to have besides just plain white bread!

I do have to make a habit of eating some kind of breakfast before I go out for the day and this is something that I'm working on.

Ironically since this was a Saturday and I didn't have to go anywhere a nice, big breakfast sounded like a good idea!

Of course I used butter to scramble the eggs with and I used some left over lard grease to fry the ham with.

The garlic bread was store bought and I just spreaded some butter on it and put it in the microwave for 1 minute.



Tommorrow I will have a more "healthy" breakfast! - LOL!