As you might have guessed by now, I love food. I think about food, dream about food and yes, I even take pictures of food. But I have a confession to make. I hate dislike actually cooking food. Which can be a problem. Mostly I blame my mom ( she’s pretty much perfect, so I have to blame her for something.) She never really taught me how to cook. But then again, I never had much of an interest in learning either. Since she was happy preparing meals and I was happy eating them - I wasn’t going to mess with a good thing. So it’s partly my fault too, I suppose. But now that I’m on my own and actually have to cook from time to time - what’s a girl to do?

Search for help on the internet of course! And boy did I find it!

The Pioneer Woman Cooks website is heaven for any scared/nervous/unmotivated/disinterested cook. She describes each recipe (so you really want to make it) and then takes a photo of all of the ingredients (all simple things you can actually find in a normal grocery store! Amen!) and then, get this, she takes a photo of EVERY STEP of the recipe. Every time she chops up an onion - you see a photo - every time she adds a tad more flour - another photo! It’s the way all recipes in life should be. I mean, who needs a photo of the gorgeous finished dish if you have no idea how to make it! Am I right or am I right?!

So far I’ve made the Best Lasagna. Ever. and it actually was! Once you explore the site and see how all the recipes are made you can print them off here (no photos…) so going back to the site to see a step is not cheating - no, it’s helpful - and totally okay to do a few dozen times. Not that I would know or anything…

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