The Cook is in the House!!

I have always loved to cook. I wouldn't call myself a chef, where I creat delicious gastronomic pieces that delight your senses, I am basically a recipe cook, although I will take a recipe and tweak it a lot of times. I am also very meticously about coordinating side dishes to go with the main meal, making sure that everything goes well together as far as flavors and taste.

There's nothing I love more than a lousy, cold winter's day on the weekends, the kind of day where it makes you not want to go out at all. These are the kinds of days I find myself in the kitchen cooking the afternoon away. Usually, on the weeknights, suppers are quick and uncomplicated. But on the weekends, they tend to become a bit more labor intensive. Today, because it was a holiday and I had it off from work, and it was cold, windy and raw out, I spent a pleasant afternoon cooking, with my Sirius satellite tuned to one of my favorite channels and the puppers keeping me company.

First up was Banana bread:

Moist, very bananary, with a generous handful of walnuts mixed into it and finished with a streusel topping.

Luckily I had my clean up crew on hand to help clean the bowl of mashed bananas!


Sometimes I like to do theme nights. Sometimes it's Mexican, sometimes Thai, sometimes Greek. Tonight was Indian night.

I made:

Baked Falafels with a Tahini sauce


Mashed Chickpeas


Tandoori Chicken


and Naan bread (store bought, of course!)