cooking

Chopping walnuts for a pesto.

I never expected to enjoy cooking, I didn't even know how to cook anything until I moved out.  Even then, I mostly ate out of boxes.  I just didn't care.  I was vegan back then too, but I am not vegan for health reasons, I only care about the ethics side of veganism.  When Sophie started eating solid foods, I became a bit more interested in health.  After all, messing my health is no big deal, but someone else's...well, that's not cool!  My obsession with new recipes began there.. because, let's face it, if you cook the same thing all the time, of course cooking is going to be boring...  Chuy did most of the cooking back then, but I began helping a bit more to the point that cooking by myself wasn't scary anymore.  Cooking is not my favorite activity or anything, but I can certainly enjoy it now, and well that's good since cooking is necessary.  The way we make sure to not end up hating cooking, is by cooking in big batches, so we only cook four times a week.  Today, I made some pesto pasta with sauteed mushrooms and olives.  Yum.