What's up with this bear hair?

Hello friends!

This blog is a very long overdue creative project for me.  It is something that I have always wanted to do, but just really never thought I could.  I have always "self-picked" at myself when it comes to my cooking.  You see, my husband is the creative one in the family. He can draw, sing, act, you name it.  All I can do is cook, bake, and make up recipes. But I do it pretty well.  And I love it.  I love how food makes people happy and brings them together. And I love being able to give people happiness by doing something that I enjoy so much.  That is where this blog is coming from and I hope to share that with you through my words and recipes.

Some of my biggest fans:

Appolonia and Chloe, my two "bears."  My husband and I have a running joke that whenever we cook at home, the first to find the bear hair is the winner.  It's like finding a needle in a haystack but still, always present (and somewhat comforting in a weird way.) They are my kitchen helpers, picking up any niblets that I may have dropped. 

And my next biggest fan:

My personal taste tester and cheerleader.  Also my Krispy Kreme partner in crime, my husband Dan.  

A little about me:  I am in school full time for family nurse practitioner and I am a teaching assistant for pathophysiology at Georgia State University. I work part time as an ICU nurse.  Whenever I get stressed from all this, I escape by cooking. 

Things you may not know about me:

1.) I am an avid Crossfitter.  I love it.  It has changed my life in so many ways.

2.) I workout pretty much every day. Hard.  I am pretty much thinking about food the whole time. :)

3.) I eat bacon (the really thick cut kind) and eggs for breakfast every day.

4.) My cooking philosophy is local, fresh, healthy, with a good balance of naughty.

5.) If I weren't so practical, I would drop everything and go to culinary school.

6.) Every morning I drink coffee with lots of heavy cream.

7.) I try to surround myself with people who I feel are honest and real.  I can't tolerate people being fake.

8.) I have been to 12 different countries, most when I was under 10 years old.  Seems like a waste since I wasn't old enough to appreciate it. 

9.) My happiest moments are 3 hour dinners with my husband, sharing a really good bottle of wine.

Thank you for reading and for taking this journey with me.  Recipes to follow!

Best,

Stephanie