My 2012 new years resolution

My mom’s going to be so happy.  My new years resolution is to finally learn how to cook!  I’ve been lucky enough to have a mom who cooked for our family most days growing up and who continues to cook meals for me to take back to my own apartment.  I’m also lucky enough to have a boyfriend who likes to cook.  So with 2 people cooking food for me, it’s been hard to get myself motivated to try it out on my own.

But now that I’ll be living with my boyfriend in an apartment with a nice modern kitchen (my old apartment’s stove was literally 20 years old and before that my NYC apartments had no counter space), I figure I should a least contribute by cooking some times.

Again, my mom is going to be happy to know that the first dishes I want to learn are the types of meals she cooked for my family growing up and now – greek dishes.  She has mastered recipes that have been passed down over generations, originating in Greece.  The meals, like spanikopita (spinach pie) and gryo, take time and preparation, but they are recipes unique to my family that I’d like to be able to cook for other people!

(My attempt at making spanikopita with my mom a few years ago.)