but I sure am a recipe modifier. Which is super easy to do when it comes to cooking. I am often in the kitchen at dinner time, combining more than one recipe or adding a little pizazz. I guess in some circles this could be considered a creator, but I am not testing these recipes, and I could not recreate them because I am not usually writing them down, which bites me in the butt later if it comes out really well. However, usually I can retrace my steps and recreate something similar. But that is the joy of cooking! It’s always different, and it’s not always enjoyable, but it’s almost always fun to experiment and learn. Plus, you get better with practice and learn how different seasonings, herbs, and additions will make your food taste better. Or bitter if you’re not too careful.

Now this is something that is less easy to do when it comes to baking—remember our kitchen scale? Our loyal friend through and through, making sure we don’t have too much flour and we don’t have a million dishes to wash. Baking is definitely more of a science, and if certain ingredients are lacking or in excess, your bakes will either turn out flat, explode, be rubbery, or maybe even be a mixture of all three! Anyone can bake if they know how to read a recipe. However, I will admit, some individuals definitely have a flare for baking that others do not, which makes it seem like it is truly magic. One of those comes with practice. Two, that comes with NO FEAR OF FAILURE! Do I judge all my bakes? Of course. But it doesn’t stop me from trying. I worked at a bakery, and I still made many mistakes. Both there and at home. Need I remind you of the most recent bread I made, where I said it immediately got thrown into the bin? I’m still trying to find a way to make gluten-free sandwich bread that is enjoyable to eat and easy to make. I am also trying to find a way to make sourdough bread that is soft and not dense on the inside. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

As they say, the world is your oyster. Or, in this case, the kitchen. With the internet full of pearls.