It all started with LETTUCE!

I've got to admit that salad was never my go-to meal idea. Until I was introduced to a diesel salad by my Italian and professional chef Uncle Pete.

My general salad rules:

1. Chop everything small so that more flavors can fit in each bite.
2. Use some crunchy ingredients.

Tonight's salad was delicious because I had a huge variety of veggies available (I heart Costco and farmer's markets!!

Ingredients:
Romain Lettuce (Costco)
Mushrooms (Costco)
Bell Peppers (Costco)
Canned Kidney Beans (Costco)
Avocado (Farmer's Market)
Celery (Farmer's Market)
Garlic (Costco)
Broccoli (Costco)
Cayenne Pepper (Target)
Papaya Seed Dressing

I would suggest equal amounts of each. Most of my cooking is by instinct so try and cultivate your own. Chop everything, and toss in dressing.

What is Kitchen Sink Cooking?

Kitchen sink*** cooking?!?!

Cooking is something that I do and love to do almost every day. I am just coming into my own with my skills and I have found a passion for integrating non-traditional ingredients. My style is "kitchen sink." This term is from those "Kitchen Sink Omelets" sometimes on the menu at breakfast joints referring to an omelet with all kinds of random ingredients as though you just used all the leftover food and threw some eggs in it. Basically, when I get hungry I open my refrigerator and cupboards and come up with meals using what is available. In this little spot in cyberspace, I will blog my meals to hopefully inspire cooking and eating healthy at home. In our crunched economic times, taking the effort to cook at home will lighten your budget more than you will believe.

If you try my ideas out or have some of your own, let me know!

Much aloha,
Shawna =)

***Ironically, my kitchen sink is the smallest shizz ever...pictures to come.