Chef Jeana

No, I am not a Professional Chef  nor did I attend a cooking school. This is just me talking, or should I say writing, about the cook in me. I grew up seeing a lot of cooks at home. My mom, aunts or lolas.  At times I'd just hang around with them and observe how they take the time to prepare and see to it that the family will enjoy our lunch or dinner for that day. At times, my mom would really call me to sit and watch her. She always told me that if I want to get married someday I should learn to cook. Since single blessedness runs in the family and I wouldn't want to become one, I'd really stay and watch. Of course, when I grew up, I started helping prepare the ingredients. Aside from those observations, I also love watching cooking shows. I fondly remember waiting with much excitement for Wok with Yan to start cooking. I even imagined myself having my own cooking show. Funny, but at times when I cook, I pretend to be the host and speak out loud the instructions of  what I am cooking. Well, since I love to eat (who doesn't?) it's not a surprise that now I am already the one cooking and preparing dishes at home. I remember cooking a couple of dishes for family and some friends and not getting the appreciation or reaction I was hoping. I tried baking in Secondary school and managed to get good results. It was from there that I realized that maybe I had the potential to be good cook someday. My cooking career didn't prosper for the lack of materials and time. Maybe, I wasn't also that enthusiastic at that time since I found it hard to prepare all the ingredients and clean up all the mess afterwards. I still cooked though. At times when my mom was out of town, I'd be the one in-charge of cooking our food at home. When I got married, I still didn't have enough chance to cook since my husband is also good cook. I only cooked when my husband was craving for my specialties or if he was busy at work. Now, where is Chef Jeana? She has started with her career and is on the process of becoming better at something she's good at. Being out of work allowed me to do so. Now, Im not only cooking the usual dishes. The past couple of months I've done more dishes like Beef Salpicao and Lengua. Of course, I've done the usual pasta dishes: pesto, red or white sauce. I do a variety of deserts now. I've also started baking again. I can't forget this day when I baked Blueberry muffins and my son enjoyed eating it. He loved the muffin, it was so obvious in the glow of his eyes! This inspired me to continue trying out new dishes. Cooking is hard. It looks easy on TV but it's actually not in real life. It's a labor of love. Of course! I'm cooking for the greatest loves of my life.