I could already cook, but cooking was always a production. I watched Rachel, and now cooking is just a sideshow.
I do now cook just about everything using broth or stock instead of water and it makes a big difference. I cook my last meat loaf in my muffin pan, and it was ready in about half the time - and they looked great too. It's the little things like that.
Yep, and I'll never cook mashed potatoes out of a box as long as I live because of Food Network. It's so much tastier to make them from scratch and there's so many ways to make them! I love mashed potatoes made with roasted garlic, and the wife likes the sofrito style that Guy Fieri makes.
Ahh, you were making them out of a box! My mom taught me how to make mashed potatoes when I was probably 10 and I've never used the box. It's easy to make them from scratch. I like original style, just some butter, cream (I usually have half & half in the house), salt and pepper.
