For many years I cooked for four people. Yes my Ex and oldest daughter were not picky eaters. They ate pretty much anything I would create or try to recreate and what joy I felt that people enjoyed my cooking! Cooking was therapy amongst the chaos. I was a Food Network junkie for years. Oh to try this recipe and add this ingredient or subtract that ingredient! I learned that I had quite a talent for creating dishes.
Never the less I also discovered that I was cooking for the enjoyment of others. I recently have lost my drive to cook. It's not as much fun cooking for my youngest daughter. She's quite the picky eater. She could live off chicken nuggets, French fries and whatever fast food is available due to no fault of her own and the circumstances she was forced into with the joint custody. So in this predicament I have had to tell myself that it's ok to cook just for me. It's ok if I'm the only one that enjoys what I cook. The drive is starting to return. Today I mixed up a batter of waffles from a recipe I tweaked from the Bisquick box. So here is my version:
Waffles:
1 cup of Bisquick mix
2/3 cup of milk
2 T of melted butter
1 t. baking powder
1 egg
Mix all dry ingredients. Add the milk and egg and mix until incorporated. Melt the butter and pour in slowly while mixing into batter so as not to heat up the raw ingredients. Let batter sit for about 15 minutes or over night in the refrigerator to rise. Cook on your favorite waffle iron and enjoy! Even if you have to eat right by yourself!
Never the less I also discovered that I was cooking for the enjoyment of others. I recently have lost my drive to cook. It's not as much fun cooking for my youngest daughter. She's quite the picky eater. She could live off chicken nuggets, French fries and whatever fast food is available due to no fault of her own and the circumstances she was forced into with the joint custody. So in this predicament I have had to tell myself that it's ok to cook just for me. It's ok if I'm the only one that enjoys what I cook. The drive is starting to return. Today I mixed up a batter of waffles from a recipe I tweaked from the Bisquick box. So here is my version:
Waffles:
1 cup of Bisquick mix
2/3 cup of milk
2 T of melted butter
1 t. baking powder
1 egg
Mix all dry ingredients. Add the milk and egg and mix until incorporated. Melt the butter and pour in slowly while mixing into batter so as not to heat up the raw ingredients. Let batter sit for about 15 minutes or over night in the refrigerator to rise. Cook on your favorite waffle iron and enjoy! Even if you have to eat right by yourself!