I Love Food!!

I have a deep love for everything food related. I love thinking about it, shopping for it, preparing it, eating it, talking about it, watching shows about it, and so on. Food is a unique blend of necessity and creativity. We can't live without food, but it can be so much more than a necessity. We can play with it, mix and match it, and be creative with it to improve the taste and appearance of it so that eating becomes this extremely enjoyable experience that is satisfying on several levels. Plus there's the whole social element of it - food brings people together and makes social gatherings much more pleasurable.

Now that I'm a stay-at-home mom, I have more time to spend in the kitchen and I've recently discovered that I have a bit of a knack for preparing food. My husband constantly compliments me on my cooking and insists that if he ever gets to open his dream restaurant, he wants me to be a food consultant. He even says he'd likely use some of my recipes. Since he's the one who eats my food every day, I value his opinion.

I often experiment with new recipes, ingredients, and techniques and rarely follow any recipe exactly. I like to give dishes my own spin by adding, omitting, substituting, or adjusting quantities of certain ingredients. So I've decided to enter the food blogging world to document some of my food adventures. It's mostly just for me, but if you find yourself intrigued, I hope it's a worthwhile read.