The cook in me

I have always enjoyed cooking, right from when i was a little girl. It has fascinated me and i loved to experiment with little things. But somewhere over the years, laziness took over and i gave up cooking and experimenting. But 2 weeks back, i finally decided it was high time i shed off this lazy feeling and i cooked something. So i meekly tried to make some lentil curry and rice, and when it was appreciated by everyone who ate it, i was encouraged and pushed towards cooking some more. SO the next day i tried my hand at some french cooking. I pulled out my new cook book which was a gift tucked away somewhere under my clothes, pretending not to exist. I wasn't too confident about this french stuff making, so i hunted out for what seemed like the simplest recipe in the list of things. My friend very encouragingly said, she would help out too and it would be fun to try out a dish or two. So we made our shopping list, off to the market we went. Bought all the necessary stuff, got back home, washed up and went down to the kitchen to try out this new stuff !
We laughed and we joked and we made it into a fun evening, reading into the recipe book, using our personal cooking touches here and there and coming up with a super awesome quiche and chocolate cake. It was lip smacking-ly yum if i can say so myself and everyone in the house appreciated it and enjoyed its taste. Wow, we succeeded, my friend and me, into making a proper french dish and then polishing it clean ! Kudos to cooking and i hope i don't stop, because i have re-kindled my old passion for cooking and i hope it never dies down again.