Getting Reacquainted With My Kitchen

Lately I have been finding many reasons for me to spend more time in my kitchen. The people that know me well, know that this room is probably the room in the house I spend the least amount of time in.

I swear, if I could make tea anywhere else besides the kitchen, I probably wouldn't know what a kitchen looks like.

I realize this is something I should probably be embarrassed about, you know, being a woman and all.

And I am, but I am not going to deny that I actually like the fact that the Mr can take charge in the kitchen.

I always had this fantasy of marrying a chef one day, and this is the closest I have gotten, so I guess I tend to get a little carried away living my fantasy forgetting that the Mr probably had a fantasy of his own about marrying a girl that would cook for him.... sometimes.

So, I need to do something about this.

I have been watching Master Chef Australia like a bad habit. I swear, it's one of the shows I would probably kill someone over if I missed.

It makes me so excited, hungry too, but mostly excited.

You would think if I enjoy a cooking show that much, the least I could do is practice a recipe or two in the kitchen right?

Well something must have worked, because not so long ago I found myself Googling recipes on the internet.

I was about to move into a new house, and I thought cooking something extraordinary would be a nice little welcome. Three weeks in, nothing.

But that need to do something in the kitchen is still there. Now, I am leaning more towards baking.

I have never really baked a day in my life, and this is quite shameful. I love desserts, and cakes and all things made in the oven, and it's sad that I have to go to the shop every time I have a craving instead of just whip up some amazing mixture and put it in the oven.

This one I will not let go off, so I tried to make a welcome to the new house meal and it failed, this one won't.

And, I need you guys to help me. 

Yesterday I spent the majority of the day trying to find amazing recipes that I could try out. I was looking for simple, yet interesting.

After all that I found namely, nanaimo bars, peanut butter balls, coconut macaroons, yellow butter cake and chocolate crinkles, to name a few.

I decided on chocolate chip cookies.

This is most probably the easiest, and less interesting out of the bunch, I know. But let's face it, they are still the best cookies ever and this is my first time. I want to bake, not create a fire in my house.

I think I have created a challenge for myself, and I accept.

This week next time, I will share my Chocolate Chip Cookie Mission with you, hoping everything goes well.

Wish me luck.

{all images via pinterest}

Any one want to share any baking secrets with me?

Lu3Lu

xx