Go Flirt at your Library

with BOOKS that is.

I have always loved cooking, the chemistry behind the taste and smells of food and how they mingle together to create amazing memories with those whom  you are sharing a meal, or of a place where you are eating that meal. I can remember more of what I ate on family vacations than the names of some of the places I've eaten in. It's embarassing I know, but true. So as I began revamping our culinary habits, I turned to one of my favorite places (Even though they won't let you eat or drink inside, it still makes the list) the local Library! They have SO many cookbooks of every type of cuisine.  They also have every FAD diet book on their shelf if you're curious as to what does NOT work.
I have always been a big book fan, so when I wanted to learn more about incorporating more vegetable and grains in our diet I turned to the library.

I first flirted with books on vegetarianism. If I wanted to throw a piece of chicken or ground beef with something fine-that was the easy part. The first "How To" was learning what the names of all the other produce items were at the grocery store, and then how to make them taste good to two picky kids and a skeptical hubby. My biggest hang up with some of the vegetarian meals was that in place of meat there was cheese galore! I could feel my waist size increasing just reading the recipes. I figured the best way to get away from all the added fat to make vegetables taste better was to try the Vegan cookbooks.
The many Vegan cookbooks I read used "fake cheese" and "fake meat" and I had and have no desire of eating fake food. My whole intention in reading all these books to begin with was to try to simplify our diet of the "fake foods" and to add real foods into it.  That being said I did find several in each category that I did really enjoy, and was able to adjust them to my specifications. They got me on the right foot and for that I was grateful.

While I will share on this site many of my favorite recipes, in the interim I would suggest you go and flirt with different food prep styles and find one that will help you to make the transition to eating healthier food that's still tasty.