One of the major parts of this goal for me is to improve my overall comfort level in the kitchen—it’s less about perfecting some fancy techniques and more about being able to cook well with what I’ve got at hand, and cook confidently.
Last weekend was definitely a step towards that. I did not one but several recipes that involved simply adding ingredients to taste until it was just right—potato salad, calico beans, a couple kinds of flavoured butters. Each time I was really nervous about messing up the entire batch, but it was easier than I thought it would be.
