thrust into domestication

Welcome to my blog Adventures in Domestication. See my About Me section for more information on why I started this blog and what it means to me to be tapping into my inner domestic goddess.

I grew up in Edmonton, Alberta with an excellent cook for a mother. Like a lot of young girls, I would help my mom to cut up vegetables, brown ground beef, beat eggs, and even lick the spatula while a cake was in the oven. Although I took an interest in cooking and baking, I have never been very good at either.

Let me share some memorable cooking and baking screw ups with you:

Foible #1: I once made Black Bottom Cupcakes and forgot to put sugar in the batter, but managed to make the icing perfectly sweet...unfortunately not sweet enough to make the cupcake part edible.


Foible #2: I tried to help my parents out by putting frozen stuffed chicken breasts and french fries in the oven for dinner one night when they were running late. I was so proud that I timed the meal out perfectly by adding the french fries 20 minutes after the chicken. Somehow I managed to set the oven to 150F rather than 150C and by the time my parents got home to see how helpful it was, the chicken was still frozen and sitting in the oven slowly thawing rather than baking.


I've had many more events like this and for awhile it really prevented me from cooking for myself, let alone anyone else, but, I have come to realize that everyone has made mistakes like this. In fact, I encourage you to send your stories in to me and I can feature them on my blog.


In September 2009 I moved to Toronto and was forced into cooking for myself. In the last year I have gone out to restaurants for lunch and dinner far too many times. As I slowly began to cook more meals for myself and other people, hallelujah! they actually turned out and I was complimented on my cooking. This school year I have made it my goal to cook for myself more often, take lunch to school everyday, to incorporate vegetables into as many meals as possible, and to be more creative! So far it has worked and I want to share my ideas and time and money saving tips with you.

Who are you? Whether you are a 20 something woman also new to living on her own and thrust into having to cook for herself like I am, or a 60 year old man going through a divorce who has also never really cooked for himself, or someone in between. Whoever you are I hope you will find something interesting in this blog and send me stories and feedback.

BRIANNE