Chef TünDee

"I saw your picture on Facebook. You and cooking?! Are you kidding?!", "The next time we go to have lunch to you!"

I got messages today after I posted a simple picture about my lunch to Facebook. Of course I know a normal housewife would say "that's nothing!" Yes, but it was clean to everyone that I'm notgood at cooking. I'm not cooking. Never.
It's a long story to explain how and why not, but I'll try to tell you shortly. Untill last October I was living at home. In comfort. I always had something to eat. Almost never went to the kitchen "to cook". It doesn't mean I was lying in my bed every day like a princess and doing nothing. I had another functions in our household. I was cleaning the rooms and I was cleaning the kitchen !after cooking!. So that was my role. I never got close to things like that. Nobody was explaining me "my dear daughter, you can make this like that and that like this". However my father is a supergood chef, so there was some hope for me too. I hoped I won't be lost in kitchen in the future. After I accustomed to the situation (I'm not cooking), I always said "I'll learn that, when I'll have to!"
So now I felt the time has come. However it's still not necesarry, I still don't have a family, not even a husband and absolutely no childen. But it's a NEW YEAR, right? :) New year full of new (renewed) hobbies and activities.
- The most important is I started blogging again.
- Even this year I continue with dance classes every Monday (Latin American dances) and started with special ragga !in English! on Wednesdays and Fridays. I love the lessons, it's like my superold dream becoming true. :)
- Basic intelligence: We always need to learn new things and improve ourself, so I continue with my favourite Spanish lessons. Viva España! :)
I decided it's still not enough. Yeees. Now about my cooking skills. As many of you know I'm living in a college for students in Bratislava since last October. It means no more food in the fridge/kitchen. At the begining I went to eat to several canteens and restaurants every day. It was enough for me to doing the shopping. "Oh I need to buycheese and bread and butter and tea and tomato and fruits and yoghurt and..." But it didn't take long when I realized it's not normal and not very cheap to eat daily in restaurants. So little Tündee started cook. Hahaha, yes! Omg.... :) So I started with pasta. It's easy. Of course I knew how to make pasta. But it was boring to eat pasta every day, so I learnt how to make it in different styles - with tuna, with vegetables, with cheese - which is still my favourit (Quattro formaggi forever!!!). Only pasta. Because there was one problem of mine. I was really afraid to work with the meat. Ok "afraid" is a strong word, but let me explain it to you. I was afraid to do anything alone for the first time, always needed someone who showed me first.
After pasta I realized I'm fat. Ok, I had problems like this even before :D but I knew it's not good to eat pasta almost every day if I want to loose weight. So I continued with salads. Chicken salads. I touched chicken!!! I MADE FOOD FROM MEAL! You are laughing now, but it's a big thing! :)
Today was my verybig step in my cooking. I made turkey breast with cheese sauce (Quattro formaggi forever again!) and rice. Alone. It was my first normal lunch I made by myself. So yes, unbelievable, me and cooking! TÜNDEE AND COOKING!
My bad luck is I could not share it with noone!!! What a pity, aaaaaah! :(

I didn't have my camera here, but I wanted to capture my work, so here is a picture made only by my mobile phone. Bon appetite! Waiting for compliments :)