Better Apartments and House Plants

So as a college student I have very limited space and very limited resources. I remember that growing up my mom had dozens of cook books from "Better Homes and Gardens" to "Cooking with Mickey". My mom is a fantastic cook and an even better baker, so you can easily see how moving out on my own and cooking for myself is almost a depressing venture. Every one of my mom's recipes that I tried to replicate just wasn't the same. I think there is something magical about a mother's cooking. But anyways one of the things that happened when I came to college is that I sudden;y had to feed myself but didn't know exactly what to feed myself.

When I asked my mom for certain recipes instead of just telling me what they were or spelling them out in email for me she often gave me the line "Look it up on google." She would tell me what cookbook it was often found in and the the title of the recipe if she could remember. The exciting thing is that after my mom made me work for recipes by sifting through the internet I began to search for new things I hadn't tried before. For example, in Winter semester of my freshman year I bought a 10lbs bag of chocolate chips and was determined to find ways to use them all. Fudge, Tortes, cakes, Mousse... I only ever made it half way through that bag before the semester was out, but that was a feat all on its own.

Today I get most of my recipes from the internet. I just search something I want to learn how to make and see what happens. Yesterday for dinner I made Pecan Crusted Tilapia with Honey Glaze and it was lovely. The other day for my friend's birthday I made a Spanish orange and almond cake which is essentially a tea cake. It's very moist and almond based with a rich decadent flavor, and for all those gluten and dairy free people out there it is both. The internet has given me great successes such as these but I have also come up short a couple times, those, however, I will not mention.