Do we have to have that again tonight Mom!?!

Are you sick of cooking the same old thing every week for your family?  More to the point, is your family sick of the same old dinners week in and week out.  I freely admit I have been part of this camp.  Every once in a while I would go on a "I can't take it anymore!" recipe bender where I surfed the net, polled my friends and start asking strangers in the store what they make with the items in their cart.  This had been my pattern for a number of years. However, in the last year or so, I  began watching cooking shows ALL the time.  I have learned so much from them.  My chicken is moister, my soup more well rounded, my family happier.  I am always getting a new dinner idea! It's great!

Can I just be real and tell you my cooking show pet peeve?  Ok, thanks.  Here it is.  Everything is so darn perfect!  Little ingredients all in their little glass dishes, perfectly spotless kitchens, perfectly coiffed hosts with perfect teeth. I won't mention any names. (Giada!) Now, I repeat, i have learned A LOT! But I have truly yearned for a real experience with a real cook, who makes a mess like me.  And maybe halfway into their recipe, they realize they have to run to the neighbors for an ingredient or all will be for naught!  Now that would look a little more like me.  It would warm my heart if their kids were screaming and the phone was ringing and the ingredients were what was on sale at Fry's that week. Well, I have looked and looked, but have found no such show.  

That is from where "The Sloppy Chefs" were born.  Cooking is fun, yes.  It's something some people love.  But even more importantly, it's necessary.  We must cook.   Now, we probably won't let my kids run screaming through the set, but we are as real as it gets. We are just two ladies who really enjoy  cooking, who want to use cooking as an expression of love for our family and friends, and we don't want to have to break the bank doing it.  So instead of surfing the net into the wee hours, looking for inspiration, let us do the work. Watch the show and get all sorts of new dishes and twists on the classics for your repertoire. 

We are well into pre-production and begin taping next week!  We are so excited to be launching this new venture and we hope you join us for what will be a truly a special time in the "Sloppy Chef" kitchen.  

Your friends and hosts,

Kristen and Tracy