Humble Beginnings

Never thought I'd be here.  Doing this.  I was one of those kids who fought for my right to have dessert regardless of the fact that my squash remained strewn about my plate in various strung-out shapes so as to create the illusion of not really being there.  15 minutes later, the rest of the table cleared, just me and that gourd (and the dog who was unfortunately passed out just outside of the quick-pass-zone), I would face the nasty stuff and eventually muster up enough courage to shovel it down (nose plugged of course), the image of a long-awaited chewy chocolate chip cookie cheering me on.  Yup, I was one of those.  A sweet tooth. (my mom would call it just plain stubborn).

Never thought I'd sit here.  Typing this.  If you had told me even two years ago that I would be creating a blog about natural, organic foods-let alone that it would have become one of my passions (passions?!) to create delicious meals from simple, wholesome, healthy ingredients, I would have raised a disbelieving eyebrow at you.  Had you told my mom, she would have died laughing.

There are a lot of things in life I never saw coming.  Perhaps that's all just part of the adventure.  Cooking is a lot like life.  Sometimes you are so sure you have created a mouth-watering, elaborately succulent recipe and it just flat out let's you down.  Other times you throw things together with just a seed of faith and something surprisingly satisfying is created.  And every so often, the unexpected forces you to change.  At least that's how I saw it.  It forced me.  But as the months went on, I began to uncover some beautiful revelations.  I realized that life had invited me to change.  And what followed were some pretty delicious discoveries...