Flavor Un-distancing.

Hello, My name is Patrick. I'm just a guy living in Denver that loves to cook, and loves to cook for other people. For a bit now, I have been wanting to make some sort of blog to share some of the recipes and things that I have been coming up with over the past few years. I've realized a number of them are relatively quick recipes that you can throw together on a weeknight. Many that can use mostly non-perishable pantry or frozen foodstuffs if need be. With the possibility of everyone needing to hunker down at home for some time with this dang ol' coroner-virus, I figured there’s no better time than now. So, I decided to start my project off by doing something that can help us all get through this. Hey! I've got the time.

For some of the recipes, they will be kind of a... "just throw some things together" type of deal that I feel are worth sharing. For those, I’m going to keep things kinda loose, so you can add your own tweaks. I will suggest variations, substitute items, or I might even keep things vague so you can find your own way (Or, maybe I'm too lazy to figure out the exact amounts.). The goal with these recipes will be so you can easily memorize them, add your own special touches, and hopefully have them be one of your go to recipes.

Down the road, I will also post some of my more involved dishes that I’ve come up with. They would be the meals you would want put together when you have extra time to cook and mess around in the kitchen. These recipes would be for all of you out there that like to experiment, or don't mind standing over a pot for more than a few mins as something cooks. Or, in possibly many cases, if you're really bored and want to try something new.

I’m not sure how regularly I will be posting, as I just got a wild hair up my arse this morning to do put this blog together. I'm hoping to keep it going after we get through this virus situation. This blog will morph and change as I do it. Hopefully it will become something that will last even after all this crazy is a tiny speck in our rearview mirror. I will also try to add cooking photos when I can. But for now I’m going to keep it simple so I can post more often.

Feel free to leave comments or questions. If you don't have all the ingredients on hand for a recipe, maybe you might have something else to pull off something just as tasty. Hit me up in the comments and I'll give you my suggestions.

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The first recipe is going to be one I think will be super useful to most of you. Rice and Beans are going to be a staple over the next few weeks. So I present to you my simple, easy to remember, one pot rice & beans dinner w/ variations for 2 (or 1 with leftovers)

-Patrick