Inspiration

I think that everyone needs to find inspiration in their lives... mine came in the form of two adorable little boys.  My children have become my future and my pride.  I look at them everyday and marvel at the fact that my husband and I were able to create two perfect little beings.  I take being their mother very seriously and am doing everything I can to give them the best of everything.

One afternoon I decided to sit down and watch a harmless little documentary called Food Inc.  I have always been curious about my food and where it comes from.  My father was a chef for a while and I loved to cook with him.  I even dabbled in vegetarianism... although that never quite stuck.  So I sat down to watch the movie that would change my life.

I didn't really learn anything new but it did light the fire within me to do something about my food.  Food became my obsession.  I began watching every documentary I could and read every book I could.  I eventually found a writer after my own heart, Michael Pollan.  He taught me that I need to eat food.  And no, not everything you find in the supermarket is food.

So little by little I have been working to get my family to eat food.  I am in charge of purchasing the groceries and in charge of what they eat.  So I have made it my "job" to make everything that I can from scratch and make my family less dependent on fast food and processed food.  It is not that hard to cut out fast food but to get your family off processed foods in a time where time is everything is the challenging part.

Join me on my quest to create delicious meals and snacks for my family.  I am still learning here and want to get my family as far away from processed foods as possible.