Finally!

Sooooooooooo. I know some of you have been waiting for this....Whatcheescooking is finally live. For anyone who really knows me, it will be understandable as to why it has taken so long for me to make this happen. Between taking care of my sweet and very busy family and working at a local restaurant, there wasn't much time for documentation of my culinary adventures. I am now working at this...building my life around what I am passionate about and not around what I "have to do". 

My family. I consider myself a professional wife and mom....and as such, my fambam is the highest priority....I adore making them feel loved and well cared for. Growing up, food was central to celebration. I remember countless family and neighborhood gatherings at my family home, where there were always a plethora of assorted salads and sides laid out on my grandmothers dining room table, with a TON of chicken and burgers and steaks on the charcoal grill....the blender with tequila and lime juice whirring with ice inside for margaritas for the ladies, and my uncle Donnie out on the porch drinking his Budweisers with Grandpa Fred...loads of laughter, which is one of the things (aside from food) that my family does best....all of us kids and our friends and families splashing around in the pool, with not a care in the world. I remember going to bed full and ever so slightly sun burned...toasted in the right way, like a piece of toast in the toaster just begging for some buttuh.

To simplify things, it has an influence.....on all of us. It is a profound creative medium that everyone responds to, and a powerful tool to show love to boot. I use the creation of the meals I feed my family as an outlet for stress. Bad day? Go home and make Chicken and dumplings for your family. Day off after a LOOOONG stretch of shifts? Swedish meatballs with homemade egg noodles....potentially made in your jammies....I mean a clean pair...post shower :) I don't apologize for my love of food....you have a finite amount of meals to eat in your life....so let's make them good ones!