I love to cook!!

One of my most favorite things to do in this world, is to cook. Especially for my family & friends. I've been cooking and baking since I was about 8, maybe 9 years old. My childhood best friend, Debi, has the most amazing parents. Her mom, Judy, taught me how to cook & bake. My earliest childhood memory from the kitchen, was Judy & me baking homemade brownies with homemade frosting. Since then, my love affair with food has only deepened. I love cookbooks, and have many (too many if you ask my husband) to choose from at any given time. I love to try new recipes as well. Which, is sometimes difficult because I am happily married to one of the pickiest eaters I've ever known in all my 40 years on this earth! He is what you call a "meat & taters" kind of guy. And when I say meat, I mean red meat. However, as he & I both get older, we are both realizing that healthier foods are a must. So I try very hard to limit the amount of red meat we consume to just 2-3 meals per week. The rest of our meals will be pork, venison, salmon/seafood, & chicken/poultry.

I must confess one thing about the salmon I make for our meals. 95%  of the time, the salmon I prepare I will have gotten from Market Day. It's a grocery fundraising company that our school uses. The 6oz. salmon fillets come individually vacuumed sealed, and already marinated. I try to fix these at least once a week, or 3 times per month, as 1.) they are such a healthy food source, and 2.) everyone in the family enjoys them, especially my daughter, who's just a tad on the picky side!! Anyway, I also get salmon from Sam's Club from time to time.

I will try to take as many photos of the foods I prepare for my family, or other family gatherings. I try to make as much of our meals from scratch as possible. But I do enjoy using the occasional "convenience" foods that are readily available. Especially since our schedules are becoming more & more busy as our kids get older. I hope the recipes I share with you are hits with your family as they are with mine. I am really looking forward to blogging about one of my passions in life!! Hope you enjoy it as well!