Welcome!

So typically this would be the first post on a normal person's blog, but lets face it, I'm far from normal.  I should probably start off by telling you a little bit about myself.  I'm a chef turned semi-preschool teacher who still has no idea what I'd like to be when I "grow up".  I was always obsessed with cooking. I remember being glued to Emeril Lagasse on the Food Network and frantically scribbling down his recipes in my 8 year old scrawl. Whenever anyone asked what I wanted to be, my answer was a chef, and the response I always got " you know the hours suck, you'll never have weekends, you won't be able to spend holidays with your family", the remarks were negative and endless. And you know what, they were right!  I knew they were right all along, I just wanted to experience it for myself.  So I transfered out of a four year college, moved to Boston, where I knew absolutely no one and went to culinary school!  It was one of the most life changing years of my life... I went to school every morning at 6 am, then straight to work at a daycare until 6 pm.  I excelled and proved to myself how good I really was at cooking, and also found a love of children!  When it was time for me to complete my schooling and begin an internship, I moved back home, landed an awesome kitchen job in a great restaurant and started what I thought would be the first step in my life long cooking career.  However, things never work out quite that easily. Yes I loved cooking and being the only girl in the kitchen, I held my own and proved myself.  I got oven burns and knife cuts and was initiated into the culinary world, but something didn't click.  It wasn't the life I had pictured.  That's when the opportunity came for me to become a teacher at a highly respected preschool in my town, so I took it!  Now, here I am, loving my job, but in ways regretting leaving the culinary world because I miss it dearly.  One day I will own my own restaurant, but for now I will blog, play with kids all day, and hopefully provide you with wonderful recipes you can share with your families and friends!