This Food Tastes Funny

I have compiled my first Featured Meal of the Week which can be found in the Table of Contents section (to your right).

I'm pretty confident in saying that this is a really nice selection of dishes that should compliment each other throughout the course of the day. I really hope that you enjoy this section of my blog and please remember... if you make any of the dishes I feature here, I'd love to hear how they turned out in your own kitchen! So feel free to post your entry in the comments section .. pictures of food fights and flour covered family members are always welcome!


Good luck all and happy cooking!

It has taken me a few days to get things moving here so I do apologize. Between my other blog, blogging communities that I keep in touch with, cooking for my own family and trying to deal with day to day goings on I have not had the time to get alot of content on here.

Today I added some recipe's to all the sections listed in the right hand sidebar. I have also decided to do a "Feature of the Week" section by offering a full day's worth of meal planning.

Speaking of meal planning, I need to run off and check my chicken. Yes, I said check it not choke it. Get your minds out of the gutter will ya... I decided to keep it fairly simple tonight. Roast chicken with homemade gravy, mashed potatoes & green beans courtesy of the Jolly Green Giant, gotta love those big green strapping men.

I'll see you all later when my tummy has settled and I've convinced you know who to wash the dishes.

Since your going to be trusting me and creating some of the recipe's here I feel it's only fair that I give you some info about myself... I mean, you wouldn't accept food on the street from a total stranger so why should a recipe be any different right?

I was raised in a single parent home and by the time I was 10 years old, I was helping out with dinner. Before I knew it, mum would leave me a note on how to prepare & cook something if she knew she was working later than expected. I thought this was great .. I could make an incredible mess and as long as the food was good, I could excuse it hehe.. Of course, I am not going to go on about my childhood and the first time I successfully made pork chops. I just wanted to give you a little peek into how I came to enjoy cooking as much as I do.

I have gathered many recipe's over the years, my grandmother was a major influence for me as far as experimenting went. One of those women that was up at 5:00 am and already had three dishes on the go to serve throughout the day. I, on the otherhand, prefer not to rise with the birds. I tend to start cooking around noon, ok ... "noonish".

My hope is to share some great recipe's with you and have some laughs as well. The way I see it is, we all need to eat and we certainly need to laugh once in a while. So, if you notice some twists in my recipe's don't worry, I have not gotten into the sauce .. at least not while I'm blogging ;)

Welcome to my page! I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I've enjoyed creating it. I have been cooking for years now and love nothing more than finding or creating that new & oh so yummy recipe. Of course, reading cookbook after cookbook can be quite tedious at times .. I have decided to compile a list of my favourite recipe's as well as a few of my own creations but with a twist!

I don't know about you but I like to have some fun when I cook, mix things up a little. The last thing cooking should feel like, is a chore. I am hoping to end that with this blog by giving my readers a new an interesting way to enjoy cooking .. and that's by adding the ingredient humour!

Who wants to slave all day in front of a stove (okay okay, it's really only a few hours and yes you get breaks but that's not really the point is it)when you can actually enjoy your time in the kitchen.

Think about getting your partner to help you out. Everytime you get something right, have a shot! If anything, it will, at the very least, make it funny when the fire department shows up.

Get your kids to mix everything together, let them get in there with you. You'll find that you both have a blast cooking, just remember... only kool aid shots when the wee one's are in the kitchen.

Feel free to challenge yourself and make something that you've never had the nerve to create. If it comes out looking like goop, you can tell your other half that it may be a bust but it's the fanciest goop you've ever made! If it turns out great, give yourself a pat on the back and a few more shots..because you just aquired a new skill ;)

Some of the idea's I will be showcasing here are:

Traditional Irish Fare
Those Wonderful Comfort Foods
Recipes You Can Create With Your Kidz
Sinfull Sweets and much more!


So, let's put our funny chef's hat's on and get ready to learn, cook, & laugh ...