Welcome to my Blog!

My name is Samantha, and this is my first attempt at being a house girlfriend. I bought a house last year, and I somehow made it through my first 21 years of living having never known how to cook. Now that I have a boyfriend who is really good at it, I am attempting to cook.

Problem number 1 is my kitchen is an itty bitty 1951 galley. This picture was taken before we did a cheap makeover by painting existing cabinets, replacing the washer and dryer, and putting up two whole cabinets for our dishes.

Problem 2 is that my oven is only 20 inches, and it feels so squished in the corner of the room.

I'm trying to use my cooking lessons as an excuse to get a bigger kitchen now, which will redesign the layout to be able to cook more efficiently.


I got the idea for a cooking blog from Tori, who I met over a Mini Cooper website long ago. We still chat on AIM and she mentioned she started learning how to cook also. She gave me a challenge to cook a few weeks ago, but Drew and I were still trying to work out our new schedules and I had already bought all the groceries we could possibly fit in our kitchen. Now I've gone to the grocery store to restock, picked out some tasty meals, and will get cracking this week. I'll be posting the recipes along with pictures of hopefully successful meals! Enjoy :)