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Профиль пользователя Kait Nolan
Kitchen witchery for the everyday cook from a Mississippi writer
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Обо мне
I love food. Love. It. It’s one of my chief pleasures in life, and my only regret is that God didn’t give me a metabolism to balance it out! But since He didn’t, it’s a great goal of mine to create recipes that are healthy, healthful and lower fat and lower cal so that I can keep eating! I’m from Mississippi–yes the fattest state in the country–but I’m not a traditional southern cook. I’ve never deep fried anything in my life. I’m a huge fan of cooking with flavor not fat, so you will often see me substituting Splenda for sugar, Egg Beaters for full eggs, applesauce for oil, etc. I love to experiment and my spice rack is my best friend. But you can be sure that I’ll point you toward recipes that contain ingredients you can generally find at your regular small town grocery store. No specialized Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s ingredients here–the nearest one is 3 hours away!
I believe in trying new things. The rule in our house is that my hubby (the picky eater) has to TRY a bite of everything. If he doesn’t like it after that, fine. But he has to try. And usually he finds out that he likes it after all. See, we’ve both discovered that there are many foods we didn’t like growing up. Turns out we just didn’t like the way our mamas cooked them (shhh, don’t tell). And remember, you get a new set of tastebuds every seven years, so even stuff you didn’t used to like, try it now and again. You might surprise yourself!
Кулинарное влияние
I have no idea what to say here. I don't think I have any conscious cooking influences. I like to experiment. That's partially a reactionary response to my very non-adventurous mom, who thinks anything other than salt, pepper, and garlic powder is excessive when it comes to spice. I, on the other hand, love Mexican, Asian, and Italian flavors, and you'll often see some of these flavors threading through my recipes. I have a love affair with my spice cabinet and am not afraid to use it! My inspirations often come from TV and movies (we decided to try Chinese dumplings after watching Kung Fu Panda...I never said it necessarily made SENSE).
Рекомендации
Любимые поваренные книги
- Bully's Best Bites (Mississippi State Alumni)
- favorites from MSU's alums
- Bell's Best
- a Southern staple
- Simple and Delicious Magazine
- my favorite cooking mag
Повара, которых я рекомендую
- Paula Deen (Savannah, GA)
- What? I'm southern. Of course I love Paula
- Sunny Anderson (New York, NY)
- Love Cooking For Real
Рестораны, которые я рекомендую
- Keifer's (Jackson, MS)
- my favorite Greek place
- Umi (Starkville, MS)
- HIBATCHI!!!!!!!
- La Baguette (Memphis, TN)
- a little slice of France
Комментарии
- 08 июня 2011We have much in common, Kait! Most of my recipes are geared for both G-F & 'regular' diners, since my wife (and Executive Sous Chef) is gluten intolerant. I look forward to many healthy exchanges with you. best regards, Amos
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- 07 июня 2011Thanks for the follow! Looks like you have some great looking stuff - look forward to reading it.
My sister-in-law is gluten-intolerant so my brother started up a gluten-free lifestyle blog about it (including some recipes). I now tag my recipes appropriately as well. - 26 февраля 2010Dear Kait!
Greetings from Shizuoka, Japan!
Thank you so much for kindly accepting my Friendship request!
Looking forward to sharing!
Cheers,
Robert-Gilles - 26 января 2010Glad you joined, Kait! I'm trying to eat healthy too and created the Eat to Live group on this site. I'll be trying some of your recipes in the coming weeks. Thanks for sharing them!