I love to cook, MOST of the time! LOL My family raves about my cooking to friends which inflates my ego just a little. My kids used to tell me I should go to school to become a chef. No way! I like to make family meals. I am a cook. I don't do the fancy dancy meals that no one has a clue on what it may be. I learned to cook at a very young age. My first memory of cooking (on my own) was coming home from Kindergarden and making pancakes for my little brother (who was 3) and myself. I was only 5 years old myself. I barely remember them being doughy in the middle. I also learned to cook out of necessity. My Mom worked a swing shift, so was not always home. Plus I am allergic to onions. EVERYONE uses onions. Even growing up my family cooked with onions. They believed that I just did not like them and would sneak them into food only to have me get deadly sick. I must have figured it out. When I got older I got tested and sure enough, I have a bad reaction to onions. So we don't eat out much. People with food allergies will completely understand where I am coming from with this. I have a handful of places I will go to as I know I will be fine if I eat there. Going to new places is exciting for some but nerve racking for me. I had asked at a new pizza place if they put onions in their pizza sauce. The waitress came back and said no they did not, as she walked away she said they used pureed onion in it. Hmmm. I am thinking that is the SAME thing! Also if you tell them about your food allergy they look at you like they don't even want you there. Afraid you may explode or something. I did go to one place that was WONDERFUL. Famous Daves. It is a BBQ place. GREAT RIBS! LOL They gave me a full print out of ingredients. I eat there when I get the chance!
So needless to say I have learned to make almost anything I would want without onions at home. Yes I enjoy an evening out like everyone else. I just think most of mine are right at home cooking what I love for a family who makes me feel like the best chef in the world!