New Cookbook!

I love to cook. I don't have a lot of time to do it, but when I do, I really enjoy it. Most of the time when I cook a meal, it's on the weekends when I have more time. Last weekend, I cooked barbecue pork in my crock-pot because Roman brought me some awesome barbecue sauce from his recent trip to Memphis.

The crock-pot recipes I have feed an army, so we had friends over to help us eat it all (Molly, Jason and Xavier). I also made cornbread for the first time. I was amazes at how easy it was to make! I made it from a recipe out of the cookbook that Molly gave me for Christmas. The book was on my amazon.com wishlist because Jackie recommended it to me. And I LOVE it. I read it periodically and learn more and more about cooking technique. Something I never learned growing up.

I admit that I love reading recipes as much as (or more than) I like to cook. I recently went to Half-Price Books and hit the jackpot. I found Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill cookbook for $10 and Nigella Lawson's book, "Nigella Bites" for $10. I think that both of them are incredibly talented, and I was so excited at my find.

We were visiting family today, and during the drive, I was able to finally read Nigella Bites. I love her style! I've seen her shows on Food Network, but this is the first cookbook of hers I've owned. It definitely won't be the last. Her writing style is so friendly, and her recipes are so easy and yummy-sounding. I can't WAIT to try them!

Simply said, I'd highly recommend this cookbook to anyone who likes to cook. I'll eventually write more about her recipes that I try. But if you're anything like me and are a cookbook junkie more than you even cook, this is one to get!