It may surprise some to know that I HATE cooking.  Maybe hate is a strong word…I just like eating better and especially if I didn’t have to cook it. (I guess cooking isn’t that bad when I know what I’m going to cook and I have ALL of the ingredients)   My mom cooked a delicious meal everyday while I lived at home.  Sundays were HUGE feast with my extended family and friends over to enjoy time together.  So, really I didn’t ever need to cook until I got married.  Yes, I do know how to follow a recipe and my family is not starving…I just don’t love to think of new meals and try to be creative in cooking something with the ingredients around our home.

So, this past week for Enrichment _{(a meeting with women from our church that meets once a month to once a quarter…depending on the needs of the women)} was focused on WHEAT!  I was out of my league and comfort zone, but ready to learn. We were challenged to use wheat in baking and cooking something.  I tried some “hamburger” patties that were made from wheat (no meat) and a really yummy tamale pie.  I met with the instructor the next day and she gave me a bag of whole wheat and let me use her hand grinder to get some cracked wheat…and her recipe book (she is going to be one of my good friends here whether she likes it or not!)  So, today I made that “Mock Tamale Pie” and it turned out pretty good.  It wasn’t exactly the same as the instructor’s pie…I still have some things to work out.  But, I am getting excited about cooking with wheat.  Next month I will learn about GLUTEN

Maybe one of these days I will enjoy cooking.  But lets be realistic…there are so many people that enjoy cooking and so many restaurants to try.  I don’t think that I need to LOVE cooking when there are restaurants and I have family/friends like YOU!