Why this blog?

My dad always says to me, cooking is innovation :)

He is a grateful and appreciative diner. And he can just about make himself a pretty awful cup of tea in the morning! Not a problem, considering, my mum is a fabulous cook :)

Like most of us, I began cooking after I left home and had to fend for myself :) Necessity is the mother of invention and all that blah!

Along the way, I have had a few "ooopsy daisy" moments but on the whole, All iz Well! An appreciative husband and niece are proving a great source of encouragement. The food is getting tastier and, most importantly, i am experimenting with the recipes!

Some experiments are a result of a running out of a particular ingredient, others are just a desire to add my own little twist to the dish :)

Initially, I was a stickler for recipes; I wanted to be guaranted an edible end product. However as I begin to understand each ingredient better and analyse why we cook in a particular way, it has become easier to adapt the recipe to my preferences. And then there is a Eureka moment and something new is created :)

This blog has been created to record these Eureka moments. To share these with my fellow bloggers, but also remind myself of how I made something "that day when it tasted amazing"!

To good food and happy memories :)