Recipes are a guide. A guide that is used to create a masterpiece. In the kitchen you should BYOC, Be Your Own Chef, allowing recipes to spark creativity and innovation.

For #MealMonday, I wanted to introduce my personal technique for taking a protein(meat or non-meat), vegetable, and starch and creating a healthy, nutritious, and delicious meal that is easy on the wallet and explores different cuisines.

Use Flavor Profiles to explore new food!

This technique you may ask is called ‘Flavor Profiles.’

What is Flavor Profiles (FPs)?…
In essence, FPs are used as a guide and allow you to take what you have on-hand and create amazing meals. Let’s say you want to go to Italy for the evening, with your food that is. You would look in your pantry and refrigerator and gather things that most Italian cuisine consists of: Tomatoes, pasta, basil, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, crushed red pepper, bell peppers, sausage, and parsley. Then using simple culinary techniques or a recipe as a guide will create a masterpiece.

Why should I use Flavor Profiles?
FPs allow you to BYOC and who doesn’t want to be a chef in their own home! Also, using FPs allow you to save money. Think about it, you use ingredients that you have.

ELS-ers, using Flavor Profiles allow you to BYOC and really explore cuisine and food.

So what are you cooking this evening? Let us know below or join the convo!