Being Creative...and how I get there.

I think that I am just naturally creative. I guess we could blame it on me being left-handed, I don't know I just love making. I would definitely be a tinker if I were a fairy!! I feel like my creativity is both sensory and knowledge based. I love knowing as much as possible...I want to be good at everything I am interested in wholeheartedly and will push myself to perfection.

Now with this venture it's different because I don't always feel organically creative. Ideas don't come to my mind the same manner, like I design clothing and jewelry they all come from a blank space in my head... I havent invented an original food but what I do is well...simply put...make everything I love to eat and make it better 😶!!

I don't know that's how food creativity comes to me...for food it's not about "Oh I thought of this I am the Originator"...no... I can honestly say I haven't invented French toast... but it's more "Ooo that was good but wouldn't it have been better if" and when I feel that question that lets me know I have to make my own...its as simple as that!

Now, one interesting challenge I face is having the luxury of recipe testing right at home with my lovely picky eaters 😝!! Now I love my family but when you are making a restaurant menu catered to true foodies the last thing you wanna do is alter or make substitutions to the dish before it is even tested...IJS it literally means the dish isn't good "as is", which defeats the point of recipe testing right?! But that's my family and I wouldn't trade them...like ever!!

So today I really wanted to work on my stuffed French toast. I love French toast and I love stuffed French toast but whenever I get it, nothing against my fellow chefs it's missing what I really really want and today I mastered it! Yes, today I finally made french toast decadence and my lovely hubby did not want a single bite 😡...not one single bite of its delicious creamy filling... it tastes sweet and tart from strawberries and the vanilla essence floating throughout and it is creamy but silky not thick like a cream cheese and you truly don't need any syrup but to take it over the edge I really want to make a sauce of sorts. I get so excited when it comes out really good....yep I am a food dancer 💃! It came out so good I almost shook out of my pants and he didn't want any he just said "it looks pretty". I couldn't believe it at first but then I said it's cool because if I didn't just let myself go in the kitchen I would not have figure out the dish and it would still be just a to do. To think I wasn't going to try to express myself because I doubted the level of creativity I really had because my dish didn't appeal to my spouse in the manner it appeals to me. I am glad that I still allowed my creativity to flow because I was right and my recipe came out just the way that I wanted!! I am learning to be confident and instinctual with my creativity. I don't question my heart as much and I don't give up on an idea because of a few picky eaters! My creativity is continuing to bloom and the outcomes are delectable and irresistable...to most!

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