I reckon I probably inherited my love of cooking from my mother....my 2 brothers and 2 sisters all love cooking too! And eating of course. They are all great cooks. There is something wonderfully pleasing about preparing a meal from scratch and serving up and having it enjoyed by others.
Friends of ours who come to our place for dinner regularly say it is their favourite restaurant.
I grow almost all my own herbs too and just love going out to the garden, scissors in hand, picking the herbs and sticking them straight into whatever it is that I'm cooking.
Tonights dinner was a fish tagine - Trevalla with capers, cinnamon and cumin. I put some preserved lemon in as well (home grown and home made) and served it with a couscous and chickpea salad - with toasted almond. Paul really enjoyed it! I thought it was OK....fish isn't my favourite really, but I will make some changes to the sauce next time to pick it up a bit....nothing like playing around with a recipe to suit your own tastes.
I'm grateful that I have the skills to cook (thanks Mum!); can eat fresh food everyday and can grow and use my own produce.
I am ever conscious that so many squillion people in the world don't have these luxuries.
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