Change in format

I've been thinking that perhaps it would be more interesting (mostly to me I think) to write about what I cook and why instead of/in addition to merely posting recipes. I like to cook, I love to read, and that translates to a relatively newfound interest in reading about cooking and food. I haven't always had many cookbooks and magazines to look through, but now that we're living back in the US I find that I suddenly have easier access, and thereby I'm reading more as well as finding more sources. I've subscribed to Bon Apetite and Gourmet, and I am now receiving other (sometimes annoying and unwanted) cooking related things in the mail.

I realize that I'm late to the game, but I have also recently begun reading more food blogs. Don't really know why and how I didn't find them before, but I've noticed that once you start reading one, there will be easy links and references to others, and it has a snowball effect. Fun!

I've also noticed that it becomes easier and easier to separate the good from the bad and the mediocre. Pictures and fonts help set the tone.

I know I'm rambling, but I'd like to try writing about what I make for my family, including why and how I make them. We'll see how it goes. I want to cook interesting, tasty food, but I have to take a lot of things into consideration. First of all, the three children who have to eat what I make. Their palates are fairly mature for their ages (2,4,and 7) but not usually with interesting vegetables. The dinners I make also need to be healthy, and low in fat. My husband does not usually arrive home in time to eat with us, so I have to plan for easy reheating or actually cooking his portion separately when he is ready to eat, some 2-4 hours after us.