One of the things that I love most is cooking and good food.

This is something I've wanted to share with you for a really long time because wow, I

was a kitchen, nightmare for a very long time.

And I learned a lot about cooking and I feel like I have a lot that I can pass on to you

that I wish I knew sooner.

Almost every person I have dated in the last five years either worked in a professional

kitchen or is an incredible home cook.

So that plus watching so much food network and eating at some of the world's best restaurants

has turned me into a pretty good home cook.

As someone who used to think that throwing chicken tenders on a sheet hand in the oven

was a little too complicated, I'm going to teach you some quick fixes that can immediately

make your food better.

So let's do this.

First, we're going to stalk some staples.

You should always have garlic, onion, lemon, lime, rice, chicken, slash veggie stalk, spices

like paprika, cumin, ginger, red, yellow orange peppers, canned chickpeas, parmesan cheese,

tomato paste, pasta, white wine vinegar, olive oil, and capers in your kitchen.

And if you just heard me list off all of those ingredients and you're like, I hate those

and I'll never use them then don't buy them.

Norse.

These are all like pantry staples that when I'm out, I know to go to the store and buy

because I use them all of the time in a lot of different meals and in a lot of different

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