Hi there! Welcome to my site. Here’s what you need to know about me:
- I live in Utah
- I’m a working mom
And… here’s what’s really important: my food perspective. Food and I have had a contentious relationship at times, as I am sure many people have. I’ve always appreciated yummy food. My mom was a fantastic home cook. Her idea of cooking for kids was they eat whatever the grown ups are eating, a concept I wholeheartedly agree with and have used with my own daughter. One of my fondest vacation memories was going to a fancy restaurant with my parents; I was about six or seven. Of course there was no kids menu, so I ordered the veal. Typical kid, right?
I didn’t start cooking myself until my early twenty’s. It was a lot harder than my mom made it look. Once of the first things I tried to make was a cheese sauce to go with some french fries I baked in the oven. I didn’t look for a recipe. I thought I could just figure it out (and no, I had no idea what a rue was at that point). I took two slices of wrapped processed American cheese, put it in a glass measuring cup, and put it in the microwave for a couple of minutes…. It didn’t work. That was my first of many food fails. When I first met my husband I wanted to cook him dinner. I made mashed potatoes and put so much milk in them, they bordered on soup. He still ate them and has eaten everything I have made since.
Thankfully I have grown since my rampant food fails in my early twenties. I love cooking all kinds of food, though baking seems to be my strong point, specifically cookies. In fact, my holiday season cookie baking is such a production, I track the process (cookie lists, ingredients, gift lists, etc.) on a spreadsheet that I start in early October. My spreadsheet has tracked my progress since 2007. Over the top? Perhaps, but I have a cookie reputation to uphold!
Enjoy!