My Cooking Roots:
I’d
like to tell you that I took an early interest in cooking and was my mom’s
constant assistant in the kitchen as I was growing up.
But
that just isn’t true.
In
fact, I was so absent from the kitchen that one of my own relatives scoffed at
me at my bridal shower for adding kitchen items to my gift registry. When
questioned about the comment, she added, “Well, Amy is no ‘Susie Homemaker’,
now is she?”
So I
wasn’t much of a cook, it’s true. But what I did learn from my mother
while I was growing up was the importance of the entire family gathering
together each night for a home cooked meal. Plus, visiting my mom in the
kitchen all those years while she cooked dinner, I couldn’t help but pick up a
few things!
It
wasn’t until several years later that cooking really started to become
important to me. By that time I was a stay at home mom and my first son
(Dude) had just begun eating table food. Suddenly, I cared a lot more
about what I was feeding my family. Added to that, Dude had typically
been a picky eater.
So I
started calling my mom asking for all those wonderful recipes from my
childhood. And I watched as my Grandma (the family baker) made her
breads. And I started reading cookbooks, and eventually blogs and started
on my very own cooking adventure.
My
Goals:
My goal is to make
healthy, delicious meals that the whole family can enjoy and to expand their
palates to make adventurous (or at least less picky) eaters.
I love taking risks in
the kitchen. One thing my wonderful husband has taught me is that cooking
experiments are always welcome, as long as McDonald’s or Little Caesars is an
option in the event of a cooking disaster.
The Photos:
All photos are currently taken on my iPhone and lighted edited
Photo above from 2014.
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