Everyone tells me that I am a pretty good cook.  But here is a little secret, just between you and me…. I’m not.  I’m ok… but great?… That is stretching it a bit. 

Now, my mother, she is a great cook.  She likes to make all of that good hometown, uniquely southern kind of food.  And she enjoys cooking.  She cooks everyday!  When I was a kid, she would make meals that took 2 or 3 hours to prepare… and she worked full time. I don’t see how she did it.  It seems as if I don’t have enough time in the day to slave over a stove.

I cook about 5 times a week.  However, I don’t enjoy the cooking part so much. I enjoy sitting around the dinner table with my family and talking about our day. 

But because I don’t care too much for the cooking part… I try to make the process as quick and convenient as possible. I am the master of 30 minute meals.  Actually, sometimes I can whip a great meal together in 10 minutes, no kidding.  And it tastes like I have been in the kitchen for hours.

So to me, it’s kind of like I am fibbing if I say I’m a great cook.  Well, for one, I don’t like cooking. Secondly my meals are ready in 30 minutes, tops… so obviously I don’t put much effort into it.  I think great cooks enjoy cooking and I’m sure they put more effort into it than I do.

Anyway, I am sitting here contemplating what we will have for dinner.  I found this recipe for some 15 minute turkey tacos.  It sure looks tasty in the picture… and it is healthy.  (Ever since I lost a few pounds, I have been on this health kick.) 

But I don’t feel like cooking today.  I think we are going have to do take out tonight… or maybe we can dine in. 

My children really enjoy eating at the Golden Corral.  They like it because it is an all you can eat place.  I dislike it because it is an all you can eat place. Heading to dinner at an all you can eat buffet is not the best idea when you are trying to watch your calories.  The temptation is too overwhelming and I always end up going back for seconds. 

Oh how cute. My daughter was standing here as I wrote this… eavesdropping on my conversation with you guys.  Anyway, she just ran down the hall and yelled in excitement to her brother that we are eating at the Golden Corral tonight. 

I did not say anything about eating at the Golden Corral tonight!  All I said was that my children like it and I don’t like it.  But I guess kids read things the way the want to read it. 

Ohhh… that just gave me an idea.  Maybe I can use the Golden Corral as a bargaining tool.   My daughter can get what she wants and I can get what I want.  She wants to eat at the Golden Corral tonight… I want the jumbled pile of shoes in my closet put away back neatly in their boxes.   So let me go talk to the girl so I can propose my little deal.

By the way if you are looking for some Golden Corral deals, you can start here:

- Purchase a $20 gift card for $15

- Purchase tickets to see both Janie Fricke and T. Graham Brown and receive a $10.00 Golden Corral Gift Card for each ticket purchased.

- Rent the Golden Corral Movie of the Month and get a coupon for a free lunch buffet

- Enter for a chance to win $40 worth of Golden Corral coupons

- Printable coupons if you are in the Saratoga area

- 15% off at the Golden Corral when you stay at the Pigeon Forge Hampton Inn

- November 17th is Militray Appreciation Day at the Golden Corral