And Now For Something Completely Different...

...Well not really. There are tons of cooking blogs out there, but this one is mine. For a second I almost busted out with the Rifleman's Creed, blog styled. How about instead... And Now For Something Like a Mini Biography of Me :-)

I am wife to my Airman husband and mother to my awesome little man. I have always loved to cook, right from the very first time I made spaghetti soup from a recipe in my Mickey Mouse  Cookbook (spaghetti soup is a lot like spaghetti, but you skip the recipe step about pouring out the pasta water). My specialities were always yummy comfort foods like mashed potatoes and cubed steak drowning in brown gravy or gooey, cheesy chicken parmesan. Of course I ended up falling in love with my sexy military man and the Air Force requires him to stay fit and healthy. Suddenly gravy soaked meat and potatoes were not going to cut it anymore. I started trying to make things leaner and cook from more of a whole foods kind of place. Gone were the days of powdered packets and automatically salting everything I cooked. I love making good and "good for you" meals for my man.

About a year ago my awesome little man was born. We found out early on that he had a dairy allergy, and because he was exclusively breastfeeding, that meant I had to cut dairy out of my diet for him. His allergy is not life threateningly severe, but big dairy (like milk, butter, cheese, ice cream) will make him very sick to the stomach, so it is something we strive to avoid. If you have ever dealt with a dairy allergy, then you will know all about looking out for "hidden dairy" in your foods. Thankfully we do not have to worry too much about that. We are an almost dairy free family, so I like to say we are Dairy Light :-)

If you are looking for a cooking blog with exact measurements and step by step scientific directions, then this is not the blog for you. For me cooking is not a scientific method. It's one big, messy, art collage and sometimes it's a big messy flop. I am a visual person/learner, so I take lots of pictures along the way. I'm also overly talkative and that spills out into the written/typed word as well, so be warned.

I have been telling my husband for years that I wanted to start a blog about my cooking, and now that I am a full time homemaker and the little man is FINALLY sleeping through most of the night, I have the time. I hope you enjoy :-)