Today I'm making... a blog!
This blog is designed to be a compilation of recipes with pictures and commentary. I hope it will make me more creative in the kitchen and give me a record of what I have made. It's too easy to fall into a rut when it comes to cooking, especially with kids and a busy schedule but I hope to inspire both my readers and myself into thinking outside the box.
Here is a bit about me for those of you who don't know me personally:
- I am a stay at home mom of two (as I write this I have a 2 month old and a 2 1/2 year old).
- I love cooking but I have never had any cooking training (including from family), I am a learn as you go sort of person... sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I veer from a recipe, the more experience I get the more I am willing to change it up.
- I love food. I am willing to try most things... I don't like olives (except sometimes on pizza), coconut, nutmeg or white grape juice so you won't find these things in my recipes since I am the one that will be eating the food :)
- I don’t use high fructose corn syrup or hydrogenated oils… but I do use butter, sugar, salt etc… as I said before I love food and I live by the adage “everything in moderation.”
- I will interject as much humor as I can because when your kitchen is covered in flour and something has just exploded in your oven humor helps.
- If something turns out poorly I will let you know, I am not a TV cook, if it is terrible I won't make it again, if it is only kind of bad I will try and reformulate the next time to try make it better.
- My toddler loves to cook so he will help me measure a lot of the ingredients... so my measurements aren't always exact but we try.
- If I get inspired with something else besides kitchen stuff I might have a non-cooking post here or there but my focus is food.
Lastly, my goal of this blog is to have fun and create a modern day cookbook I can pass on to my kids. I don't guarantee success but I will try my best to give you recipes that will get you to thinking and liven up your breakfast/ lunch and dinner table. If you have any ideas for new things for me to try leave a comment and I will do my best to try it out.
