mom's food....

ah, i got almost 2 weeks of my mom's food. yum-o as rachel ray would say! :)

while i was scarfing down all that good homecooked chinese food, i realized how uncreative i am when i cook chinese food*. i usually cook the same food in the exact same way over and over again. my mom, however, seems to have a variety of ways of cooking the same food (most of which are vegetable dishes). for example, she changed up a sauteed cucumber dish by adding some diced up pork, and i thought "wow! this is good!" i think for me, i'm scared to try new things with chinese dishes b/c i know what things are supposed to taste like, and i feel like if i make too many changes, it won't taste as good. and even though i know what things are supposed to taste like, i don't always know what to put into the dish to make it taste right. :P i hope that one day i can be as innovative and creative as my mom. :)

* i think this is ironic b/c when i started cooking, i felt chinese food was what i cooked best b/c i needed recipes for all other cuisines. nowadays, i feel i can be more creative and innovative with non-chinese foods.