New recipes

The house smells really good right now. I made homemade chicken pot pie from my new Pioneer Woman cookbook that my sister got me for Christmas. It's in the oven and smells oh, so good. I've actually tried 3 or 4 other recipes from it in the last few weeks, and they are all keepers in my opinion - yummy!

I tend to get in a rut with cooking. I like to cook and like to try new recipes, but I don't often have the time or ingredients on hand to try anything too fancy. But every so often I get extra tired of eating the same dishes over and over, go on a cooking spree, and test out a bunch of new recipes on my unsuspecting family. I usually get one or two that everyone is at least willing to eat again. That's success in my book!

I would love to take some cooking classes...maybe in 10 years or so when the kids are grown. In the meantime, I'll continue to surf Allrecipes.com, browse cookbooks at the bookstore, collect my cooking magazines and watch the Food Network, so I'll be ready and prepared when the time comes.