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Thanks for visiting my site!  I am a novice blogger and a beginner chef, but I have a passion for cooking and love to share my ideas and recipes.

Growing up, I remember calling my Nana for her recipes and being told to ‘just make it my own’ - to use what I had around the house and to be creative.  With that advice I have been able to experiment with my cooking and now I truly enjoy scouring my cupboard and racking my brain for ideas and inspiration.

I am a stay-at-home mommy and every now and then I find the time to try new things to make my own – and it helps to have a wonderful husband who is my constant guinea pig!  I love all sorts of foods and flavors and am a semi-health nut with a sweet tooth.

After my wedding in September of 2007 I moved to a few small towns.  Since then, I’ve had to learn to use the most simple ingredients found at every basic grocery store.  And it’s not all bad!  I spend less money and have become more creative along the way.

Below are a few random facts about me:

• I am originally from Annapolis, Maryland, and, in typical fashion, I met my husband while he was a student at the Naval Academy.
• I have a half golden retriever-half yellow lab named Clipper who keeps me company and makes me laugh all day long.
• I graduated from Syracuse University and managed to have a blast despite the extreme snowfall.  Go Orange.
• I currently live in Yuma, Arizona, where my husband flies the Harrier for the Marine Corps.
• My top favorite foods are: Maryland blue crab, fresh corn on the cob, and (almost all) cheese.  A special shout out goes to potatoes and all their infinite versatility.
• I spent 14 years of my life at The Key School in Annapolis, Maryland.  I graduated high school with 28 classmates, took French classes for 12 years, and participated in a 6-week canoeing trip.  I still consider the friends and faculty that I met there to be some of the best and smartest people I’ve ever known and I am a proud, proud ‘Obezag’ (yes, that is our school mascot).
• I completed the San Antonio marathon in November of 2008 – my very first real race.  My knees held up just fine, and I hope to run more (shorter) races in the future.  For now, I continue to run 5-6 days a week with my dog, baby, and/or husband as company.
• As a follow up to that, I’ve had two ACL reconstructions on the same knee (thank you, soccer), and am currently sporting a strong cadavar ligament.
• I am half Canadian and am in the midst of obtaining my dual citizenship.
• I have a healthy obsession with food and can count on one hand the things I don’t enjoy eating!

With that said, my hope for this blog is to create a space for sharing recipes and ideas and to spread culinary inspiration.  Enjoy…

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