When I was young I loooooved to bake. Muffins, cupcakes, cakes. I used to make my mom take me to the library so I could take out recipe books. I remember taking a Japanese cooking class in elementary school and I fell in love with trying new things.
I worked in restaurants right up until I was pregnant with my son and then I decided that I needed a career change with better hours so I went back to school, finished my associates and switched to office management and then medical billing. I do miss the restaurant, just not the hours.
When I was pregnant with my daughter, my in laws gave me a kitchen aide mixer for my birthday. Bright Red. I love that thing.
I made breads every week and cookies every weekend. I tried and failed my first from scratch cake… I think it would have worked out but we were going to a friends house for dinner and I did not time the cooling part so my icing melted and the top layer slide off. It was not pretty, but it was edible.
Then I had my daughter and sort of put bread making on the side while I got used to 2 kids. I am starting to get back into it but I need to focus more on healthy because my husband and I need to lose about 20 lbs. Okay, 30 really.
I love to cook. I love the internet for looking for new recipes, you can find pretty much anything you look for. And pretty authentic recipes too. So far I have made Jamaican, Indian, Greek, Italian, Polish, Czech, Peruvian, Mexican, Thai, American southern, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and that’s really all I can think of right now. There is really nothing that I won’t try. I am totally open to new things. I am slowly working my way through the library.
This year I will be focused on healthier eating and I will be posting the good things on here. So follow this blog already because I promise there will be some interesting things.
I cook Easter, a big family reunion in the summer and Thanksgiving for my entire family (and any friends they may bring) every year and it makes me so happy to have people I love get together and eat, relax, catch up and have fun.
(Side note: Why is it so hard to find a mixed race family BBQ picture? )
In the future, when my kids get older and I finally become a successful blogger and best selling author, and I have some time (ha ha) I would like to open up a free kitchen serving lunch Wednesday through Sunday. Just to have people come sit and eat. That is my ultimate dream. I know we will make it happen one day.
What’s your favorite thing to do? What’s your ultimate dream?
Moving forward 
I hope you succeed your dream of opening a kitchen! I’ve definitely enjoyed cooking more as I’ve grown older but I’m still not that great haha. My ultimate dream is to publish my novels and making enough money off writing to live off!
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Thank you!! And I hope you get your novels published and make enough money to live off them!!! 🙂
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Such a lovely dream!! I hope you are able to make that happen one day!!
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What a great dream! I really love that idea. So many people are hungry in the world and all the cheap food is gross and unhealthy. I love to cook (I have that same mixer!), I hate to clean up my mess and I’m a messy cook. My ultimate dream is to live on a sailboat with my husband, floating around the Meditteranean and write.
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Fingers crossed for you. I also love baking, just lately my cakes re not that good haha
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I love cooking so much. Sometimes I prefer cooking and other times I favour eating but I love them both. Good luck with the kitchen goal – you gots this 😀 x
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