Entry #4 Lvl: Difficult

One challenge I am facing, as of now, is that I can't find the right recipes to use to replicate the dishes exactly. I have accepted the fact that I cannot make every little detail the same; however, I learned that if I couldn't recreate it exactly, I could try to make my own, better version of the dish. But the main issue is that I am never completely satisfied with whatever I make.

 

 Michelle Phan. "The Sweetest Thing." YouTube. YouTube, 02 Feb. 2012. Web. 28 Feb. 2014.

Kind of like her, I see something at the bakery that I'm really excited to make, and I love the process of actually baking and cooking. But, after all is said and done, I just find it 'meh'. It's like you want something you can't have, and once you have it, you get bored and don't want it anymore. I was craving brownies this week and thought it was a great opportunity to kill two birds with one stone to make the vegan ones they sell in the shop. And while I was measuring and mixing, I couldn't wait to sink my teeth into the dense chocolate confection with some cold milk. And when they came out of the oven, my craving went away -poof-, along with my excitement. I think that I crave making it more than consuming the actual food itself, and that is something that could get in the way, but I refuse to let my perfectionist personality get in the way.