{"id":25774,"date":"2016-09-19T13:38:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T13:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/?p=25774"},"modified":"2018-06-14T21:48:41","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T21:48:41","slug":"new-cooking-ideas-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/new-cooking-ideas-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cooking Ideas From Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I\u2019m always searching for new cooking ideas.<\/strong> Sometimes they come from my local farmers market, other times I have to travel great distances to discover something inspiring.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/NYG4ULeB7vk\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>I\u2019ve been bored with my cooking lately, it\u2019s not exciting me anymore.<\/strong> I find myself preparing the same meals again and again. I gravitate toward the same ingredients at the market every Sunday, bringing home a duplicate of last week\u2019s menu of green beans, broccoli, chicken, beef and potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>My cooking has gone the easy route, the path of least thought, the easy and comfortable. I\u2019d even call it cowardly. I used to be brave in the kitchen while trying new cooking ideas, but now I\u2019m lazy and meek.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You might feel the same way in your home kitchen, the flame has gone out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t know HOW to cook. I think I\u2019ve established that fact from the Executive Chef positions I\u2019ve held and the tens of thousands of people that benefit from my cooking instruction every day.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The cooking part isn\u2019t the problem. WHAT to cook has become the problem.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Geez, I can cook chicken 25 ways. You might think that\u2019s exciting, but every one of those 25 chicken dishes are still made with chicken! I need even MORE variety than chicken done two dozen ways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I need new foods and cooking ideas to combine with the cooking methods that I rely upon every day.<\/strong> I don\u2019t want to change HOW I cook because that\u2019s never let me down. What I need is a new ingredient, a new outlook, a new way of looking at the same old same old in a new light.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So I went to Spain.<\/strong> It might seem like a long way to go just to refresh my cooking, but I know the greatest inspirations I\u2019ve had in my cooking career have come from other cultures, other countries that use ingredients I\u2019ve never heard of, and treat food differently than I have.<\/p>\n<p>What I\u2019m finding in Spain and my tour of Spanish cuisine has changed the way I think about preparing food in my home and has immediately given me dozens of new cooking ideas to bring back with me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Within minutes of getting off the plane, I had discovered \u201cTapas\u201d<\/strong>, the two-bite food items that are everywhere in Spain. I love tapas because there are no rules in preparing them. Just about ANY ingredient paired with ANY other ingredient makes a tapa. This thought was liberating!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s made me think that bigger isn\u2019t always better when it comes to adding variety to your cooking, and that good things can come in small packages if you know where to look for the new cooking ideas.<\/p>\n<p>You can join me to see some of my other inspirations from Spain and other Global Food Finds when you join me for my <strong>FREE online webinar workshop, <a href=\"https:\/\/events.genndi.com\/register\/169105139238437402\/bfd7d6b9e6\">&#8220;International Food Finds: Discovering Global Inspirations for New and Exciting Meals at Home.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/events.genndi.com\/register\/169105139238437402\/bfd7d6b9e6\">Hold your spot in the FREE webinar by clicking HERE.<\/a><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m always searching for new cooking ideas. Sometimes they come from my local farmers market, other times I have to travel great distances to discover something inspiring. 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