One of the things I am doing with my cooking is trying new ingredients. I have not done much of that because, being on a budget, I don't always want to risk paying for something that I'm not going to like or don't really know how to cook. Well, I have decided to let go of that philosophy and just go ahead and try it. If it's bad, I'll eat it anyway LOL I paid for it after all.
When I am looking for a new recipe to try, in the past I would often skip over something because it contained something I hadn't used before. Last Sunday, I was looking for an hors d'oeuvres to make for my weekly get together with Lois on the porch. I found a recipe for salmon and cream cheese tea sandwiches. They sounded delicious but they were made with puff pastry. I had not cooked with puff pastry ever. I've seen it on tv cooking shows. I've definitely eaten. But it always scared me so I would normally not even consider a recipe using it. I decided that why not. Let's try it. It's not like I was going to be making it from scratch, I was just baking it. Turns out, it was not hard at all and made a great tea sandwich. I've been missing out on puff pastry for years LOL
For the 4th I was having the traditional burger and potato salad. I wanted to have a cocktail but didn't want liquor necessarily. Pinot grigio is my go-to wine these days. I looked up a recipe that called for frest mint. I've never used fresh mint before. I was supposed to muddle it in the glass. Had to look that one up too. But dang it turned out good and I'm glad I didn't let not using fresh mint before stop me. So, I am enjoying using new things and going forward I will be more open when something is in a recipe that I have not cooked with before. I will keep my cooking adventures going!
By the way, the other day I bought a pound of chicken livers that were on sale. Haven't cooked those before either but again....why not?
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