[TheSlyMoogle]

Well I got into cooking a couple of years ago for a few reasons:

1. I was going to fast food places like every day twice a day at least, and rarely did I eat anything other than double cheeseburgers or fried crispy chicken sandwiches. I dreamed of doing that when I was a kid, but once I did it for six months things were just downhill.

2. I started to put on a lot of weight due to the combination of beer and fast food. Let's say about 35 pounds in a semester. (From 140 to 175) I knew things needed to change, and I started to wonder if I could cook, if it was really that hard to do, and if I could do it in a healthy manner without losing flavor or eating the same thing every day.

3. I had originally enter college under a chemistry major, and I changed, but I missed doing the experiments in Chem labs because that stuff is fun and interesting, and there's a lot of chemistry in cooking.


So I started looking for healthy recipes online, doing a lot of food research (Especially like High Fructose Corn Syrup, trans-fats, etc and how they affect a normal body). I started doing a lot of research on spices and things to see what was good for you, what wasn't (Turns out there's hardly any spice that isn't good for you, you just have to watch how they're processed), and also started just trying all the healthy stuff. Turns out for a fair price you can cook and eat fairly healthy and tasty. So I generally cook around the start of the week for things that I want during the week as far as planning around work and stuff. It's worked out pretty well so far, and it's a lot of fun for the most part. Doing dishes blows, but Sometimes if you cook for people they'll help or just do them hehe.

I like cooking meals for people, but have yet to perfect the art of healthy snacks. Those that I make are generally big misses. I've started to figure that snack food just has to be junk for your body.

Also I'm not big into baking and sweet stuff, however if you have dessert recipes and things that are healthy I would be glad to learn, as I think my usual desserts of fresh fruit done in some way are starting to bomb. All the recipes and stuff I had some up with are on my computer at home but would be glad to share some healthy recipes.