The beginning of a challenge.....I think....

My most recent years have been spent being a wife to a husband with his own business, mother of two and working a full time job. this in the end leaves little time for ones self to explore other options besides the debate over taking a shower in the morning OR being able to put make-up on for the day.
I now find myself relishing in my years as a culinary student and staring at my massive bookshelf that is packed and stacked with cookbooks that have done nothing since their inhabitants but collect dust. Some I don't believe I have ever made one recipes out of. Chinese to Italian, the Art of Baking to 365 ways to make an egg; SO many recipes without one glob of goo on the pages or dust of flour! I have spent my time these past years taking care of others, and this bookshelf shows that the things that I love and the the things I have a passion for have literally been put on a self...no pun intended. Although the movie may not be a block buster Julie and Julia has really hit the nail on the head for me. I need something to spark my passion that I once had for cooking. I need to make my family gain 5 pounds from eating the disgustingly good food and my friends to relish over my not-so-potluck parties. I now challenge myself, each week to make one recipe out of my many neglected cookbooks. I am not doing this for glory or fame or the hope of being published but for a single soul search of the talent I know is buried inside of me.

Wish me luck world....the book search begins tonight!