Have you ever found yourself enamored, nay, fixated on a food? You wake up one day and cant seem to get (sayyyy) chocolate chip cookies off your mind. After hours of trying to ignore the temptation to make said cookies, you give in.
Into the kitchen you fly, recipe in hand you start in creaming you butter and sugars... but wait? whats this? you only have a 1/4c of brown sugar? And on more careful examination of your pantry, you find you are low or without key ingredients.
Pure and utter defeat.
Now this brings me to my first 'real' post. Rightly so it deals with a 'working order' to things. If you've ever taken a French class or cooking class you might have heard the phrase "mes en plas".
The literal definition is: Putting in place.
The culinary definition is: for everything a place.
This is an immensely helpful tool to utilize in everyday life. Thinking three steps ahead become second nature after a while, and is a means to sanity for military families everywhere.
Much like the Boy Scouts, to have mes en plas is to always be prepared.
Whether it is by making sure to have all ingredients correctly prepared before starting a recipe, or something as simple as remembering to pre-heat the oven.
In the world of cooking (home or professional) mes en plas is a way of survival.
So this is where mes en plas relates to this blog.
I know most blogs jump into their 'crazzzy and ammmmazing' recipes.
I feel the best way to write this blog is to give the information that others do not.
Like what I keep on hand in my cupboards, what I consider must haves compared to 'splurges', and realistic recipes for beginners and culinary aficionados alike.
My next entry will cover what I find to be a well stocked, and usable, pantry followed by a post on my go to tools that make my kitchen run.
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