For the Love of Food

I'm no chef and I rarely get 'creative' in the kitchen. But like most people I can follow a recipe (I say most because believe it or not I have met people who can't) and I not only love good food but I love to cook. I get excited every time I find a new recipe that makes my tummy scream YUM! I follow a lot of food blogs searching for the YUM factor and while they range for cooking for dummies to holy crap I need a professional kitchen and Donald Trump's income to make that I still love them all! But my favorite would have to be Gabi Moskowitz's BrokeAss Gourmet. I will confess it was the title that grabbed my attention I actually laughed out loud when I read it. But since I began following Gabi and her BrokeAss, not a week goes by that I don't include at least one of her recipes in my menu planning. The recipes range from my 8 year old niece could make that to I might need to try this again, but I have never been disappointed. Aside from being yummy and creative, Miss Moskowitz has a sharp sense of humor and reading her blog is as much fun as cooking from it. One of my favorite features of her blog is that she includes the cost of ingredients, which lets face it no one is more broke than college students! Having certain health issues I have found that avoiding processed and pre-packaged food to be to my benefit but as everyone knows cooking from fresh ingredients can be expensive. One trick that I have learned is to buy just what the recipe calls for. I go to the meat counter and get my meat instead of buying packaged - the butcher actually sold me just two strips of bacon for her Baked Pasta w/ Leeks, Spinach, Bacon & Cheddar recipe - which scored an A+ with me!
These are just a few of the many reasons why BrokeAss Gourmet is my favorite food blog...of course my dream blog would be one that would not only include the great YUM Factor of B.A.G. but include weekly menus at or around $50 a week - I hate menu planning, and have the ability to adjust the recipe by serving - Allrecipes.com provides this but I seldom find recipes that are original and fresh to try.
I highly recommend checking out Gabi and her blog and for you fellow iPad owners check out the newest App -Appetites where Gabi and 5 of her fellow bloggers share recipes and step by step cooking instructions!
Happy Cooking (and eating)