My journey in becoming more serious about baking and cooking started as I was getting ready to leave my career as an Ophthalmic Photographer in the beautiful northwest to join my husband in upstate NY (we got married this year in June and has been apart until a few days ago). It was very difficult to to leave Portland, because I love my family, AMAZING co-workers, friends, and the Northwest. However, from my co-worker’s continual encouragement in regards to baking and cooking, I'm going to pursue this passion. This blog will help me keep track of the lessons I learn along my adventure in creating baked delicious-ness!
Before I start baking, I want to share with you a few beliefs and goals I have. I hope you’ll join me in my journey.
Beliefs: Baking with Love.
I know this sounds cheesy, but I mean it with all of my heart! Food is meant to be enjoyed by our taste buds and to nourish our bodies. The more I learn about our food industry, the more I learn that many ingredients and food products should be avoided. Here are two ways how I will bake with love.
1. Organic Ingredients. I will use organic ingredients as often as I can.
2. Natural Sugar. I will not use any highly processed sugars such as high fructose corn syrup/corn syrup, beet sugar, refined cane sugar. I will use organic raw sugar as little as possible and will use maple syrup, honey, and the natural sugar in fresh and dried fruits.
Goals:
1. To bake once a week for my neighbors.
While in Portland, I tried to bake once a week for my co-workers since we work in a very busy environment, and sometimes a snack helps provide the little boost we need. It is easy to bring a store-bought product, but almost all food products (including some organic snacks) contain a lot of chemicals that you don’t want in your body. By baking something myself, I don’t have to worry since I’m in control of all the ingredients.
I want to continue baking for those around me. And perhaps I can share with people the reasons why homemade, preservative-free baked delicious-ness is so much better. I love making new friends, so if you want to try some of my baking, and you are in Rochester, let me know!
2. To learn as much as I can.
Before I bake any baked delicious-ness, I will research as much as I can about it. Before I entered my health craze, I had a huge interest in learning how to make macaroons. I found myself reading all about macaroons for a few days before even attempting to make it. My goal is to learn different baking styles and techniques to share with you what I learn.
Taste is very subjective. Since my belief is to bake with love, I want to know everything about it. I will experiment with different and hopefully better ingredients to create or re-create the same goodies but better for you!
3. To explore the endless possibilities.
I naturally found myself eating less and less meat when I lived in Portland. Before long, I was eating a lot of raw foods, too! Everything happened naturally since I’ve always had an interest in health and promoting healthy eating. After reading many books such as In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan and Food Matters by Mark Bittman, I became passionate about eating well. Since eating well is really important to me, I want to share it with you, too! In order to make a baked delicious-ness that is not harmful for you, I will explore as many recipes as I can to share the best with you!
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