To: Jamie, From: Amy

August 30, 2010

Dear Jamie,
Thanks so much for encouraging me to make my own oatmeal. I just made the last oatmeal recipe today--Banana, Whiskey and Nutmeg Oatmeal (pg. 300). Jamie, maybe when I'm a Rock Star Celebrity Chef or at least my kids are grown and out of the house will I be able to have whiskey for breakfast, but at this stage of my life, I call "Uncle."

Your Revolutionary Pupil,
Amy

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A Huge Moment

One of the reasons that I started this Food Revolution in my kitchen was to learn to be a better cook. Part of my definition of a good cook is someone that can, on occasion, improvise and come up with something without necessarily having to look up a recipe, right down the ingredients and make a special trip to the store. One night, last Wednesday to be exact, I needed a veggie dish to go with dinner. I looked around and basically came up with a bag of broccoli in the freezer. As I started to steam it on the stove, I thought, "What can I do with this broccoli?" Since I'm still trying to catch up from my summer hiatus I tried to think of a recipe in Jamie's book that I could check off of my list and I remembered the Broccoli with Asian Dressing recipe. I looked it up (pg. 220) and glanced down the ingredient list. It looked like I had everything, another first! My kitchen was finally showing signs of being "well-stocked." But it called for a pound of broccoli and we definitely didn't need that much so I was going to have to do a bit of math, and some taste testing. When I set the finished product on the table, it looked like the picture and tasted great. I was so proud of myself!
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Evolution Green Salad

The same day I made the cookies, I needed a salad to go with our dinner. I love these Evolution recipes and decided to try the Evolution Green salad (pg. 108). It was simple and delicious and once again reminded me that making your own dressing is easy, better for you and really yummy. I started with lettuce and added parmesan cheese, bacon and Jamie's lemon dressing. That's it!
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