How I Became A Foodie!

Welcome and thank you for being a lover of food too.

As far back as I can remember I have always been a foodie! Mom said I came out into this world with my fist in my mouth ready to eat and the first words out of my mouth were "FEED ME, I'm Hungry." Of course I know she is teasing me but I do love to eat and cook all kinds of foods. It is also one of my most favorite things to talk about!
I love sharing recipes and trying new things. I will admit savory cooking is one of my favorite things and I'm not much of a pastries chef but I still try. When I discovered Food Network I was hooked. The only people I ever saw on cooking shows were mostly on PBS Julia Childs being one of my favorite. She was always so nice and funny to watch, she never came across as a know it all. Then of course there was Martha, wow she could do everything...perfectly I may ad. "Bam!" who doesn't love Emeril Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck, Martin Yan, Tyler Florence, Bobby Flay, Alton Brown, Daisy Martinez (founded by Rachal Ray), Ina Garten, Jamie Oliver, Ming Tsai, Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, and the two cooks I'm compared to the most my beloved Paula Deen and Rachal Ray!

These are the people who inspire me to write a cookbook named "Foodielicious", talk about cooking and blog my foodielicious heart out. I'm also looking at starting a specialty store online but for now...Let's cook!

One of my simplest and most asked for salad is:

Israeli Salad

1 Orange Sweet Pepper
6 Small Capri Tomatoes
1/2 English Cucumber
10 Large Spanish Green Olives
1 Tablespoon of EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
S-n-P (salt and pepper) I usually don't need salt because the Olives are salty enough

You will need a super sharp knife for this salad.
The key to this salad is everything needs to be chopped so small it's almost minced.
Refrigerate for 30 minutes to marry the flavors and You are done.

You can change the veggies around but this is the quick and simply Delicious one for me.
My friends love purple onion in this recipe but I think after and hour or so most of the veggies start to taste like onion.


Hope you enjoy and Bon Appetit!