A little note about myself...

Disclaimer:  I have terrible spelling a grammar problems,  I am in biology I have no use for such tools so please be aware.

Hello! My name is Amanda and after turning the big 2-5 last week and have decided that I needed to sharing my knowledge with the blogging community.  I am currently a graduate student in biology which is pretty much as far away from food as you can get, but with the incorporation of food gastronomy it seems my two worlds have collided.  I love food, I love eating food, I love making food, I love reading about food and I am sure you do as well.  I also like to experiment in the kitchen, kind of like my own personal version of the show "Chopped" on Food Network.  I also am not picky about my food.  I don't care if its not classy food.  As long as it tastes good, I'll take a burger over a wedge of iceberg any day.  However just because I believe in tasty food doesn't mean I believe in unnecessarily unhealthy food.  I love fried chicken, and you just can't make a healthy version of that, but I also know that its not something that should be a weekly staple. For the most part I experiment trying to make the best tasting dishes I can with the least amount of calories, but if I need a pat of butter, so be it.  

Being in graduate school has its perks, I can't be fired for being late, I don't have to commute, I will get paid more once I get this blasted degree, the downside, however, is that I am broke.  After the four years of undergrad being spent with my dear friends Top Ramen and Kraft Mac and Cheese (which was a delicacy because that involved also buying milk and butter) I have decided to take a different approach this time around.  Cook low cost, high flavor meals, and occasionally eat out at low-mid cost, high flavor restaurants.  Granted I live almost entirely off my husband which makes it easier from undergrad but I'm sure if I had really budgeted I could have made this new meal plan work back then too. 

So welcome and enjoy deep fried du jour!