Foodie Week #3: My Treasured Trove of Cookbooks.

I WANT TO BE A CHEF.
My wife has agreed to go back to work full-time after all the kiddos are in school so I can go to culinary school, but that’s a few years off at this point.

I LOVE TO COOK.
But I have no real skills other than what I’ve learned watching the Food Network. (I can chop veggies with the best of them nowadays).

I DON’T MEAL PLAN TOO WELL.
I wish I did a better job of this, it would make a huge difference in my cooking…

This is how I cook:
I get home from work, pop open a cookbook, find a recipe that I clearly only have half the ingredients for, decide to make it anyway by modifying it, see how it turns out. It’s hit or miss, but we eat it anyway (in most cases).

This is going to look so nerdly. But, it’s unfortunately true. These are the cookbooks I regularly use for kitchen inspiration.
I’m a huge Jamie Oliver fan. If you’ve been to this blog before, you probably know that already. I use these every week. There’s lots of simple stuff, some with decidedly European flare to it, but all good.