Back to cooking

Well, I should say back to cooking for fun, or so I hope. It was nice to see my previous posts, 4 years ago, before the kids, when I had a lot more time and the dinner table looked a lot nicer.

Anyway - trying to improve my cooking repertoire, I am tired of having the same old quick dishes all the time.

I am also trying to figure out what the best place to put my cooking comments/tips so I can find them next time. Will start here and see where it goes.

So last Sunday I made pizza the first time. 2 pizzas, grilled, crust and sauce from William Sonoma, one with sausage, one half plain half grilled vegetables, the grilled vegetables were leftover from a dinner a couple of days back, but they were great. Even Diana liked the pizza. Next time I am making my own crust. I venture to say it will take me about 10 times of making pizza before I get comfortable with it.

Thursday night Grilled Salmon with potatoes latkes

- http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/quick-potato-and-carrot-latkes-recipe/index.html
- Notes: fried latkes at medium heat about 3 minutes per side, recipe says 4 min but that is too long, started at medium-high and they were getting burned
- Grill salmon at 350-400F for about 12-13 minutes. I marinated the salmon with a marinade from William Sonoma and olive oil for about 1 hr before cooking

I am hoping this will turn into the Summer of cooking. I want to try at least 1 new recipe a week.