Beyond My Recipes: A Taste

My passion for cooking was sparked at an early age. I grew up watching my parents spend lots of time in the kitchen preparing traditional meals while at the same time exploring new tastes and ideas. My mom’s meticulous style always resulted in a clean and consistent dish, while my dad saw cooking as an adventure, dabbling and inventing as he went along, and always surprising us with a new twist to a classic recipe. As a child, I was given small tasks in the kitchen with little instruction but lots of encouragement to improvise and taste as I go. Being a product of such strong influences naturally inspired me and gave me a passion for cooking.

As a teenager, I apprenticed alongside chefs and prepared meals for my extended family, defining my own culinary style and confidence. I soon began to appreciate the importance of feeling at ease in the kitchen, enjoying the process as much as the product. My blog, BeyondMyRecipes.com was created to reinforce these ideas, get the comfort back into cooking, and give my readers a chance to tweak my ideas to their own liking. Ultimately, I hope for my readers to take creative liberties with my recipes, personalizing and reinventing them as their own.

Here is a taste of the dishes I’ve been dabbling with lately….Enjoy and go beyond!