So....I've decided to write a blog. Yes, I'll agree it's pretty cliche and I probably should have gotten on the blog bandwagon years ago. However, I've thought for a few years about creating a blog and decided it was time to arise to the challenge. I have lots of idle time on my hands (literally) so I've run out of excuses as to why I haven't written before now. I love to write. I love to expel my thoughts, good or bad. (My friends and family can surely attest to this little fact).
You're probably asking yourself "What's this all about? The Real Deal? Huh?." It's simple really. I didn't always have idle time on my hands. In fact, since I became an adult I've always worked very hard. Sometimes holding down two jobs at a time just to make ends meet. I've been the typical working mom, shuffling my time between work, my son's extracurricular activities, managing a household and meal preparation. It's gratifying really. Being the pivotal point in a household has it's turbulence. There are never enough hours in the day, but somehow you drudge through and your determination is very rewarding. Nothing can take away that sense of accomplishment when you see that your family is taken care of.
For the last 30 days I've been gainfully unemployed, a decision made by my boyfriend and I. I am now a stay at home mom, which in hindsight has the familarity of a working mom except without the pay. Daily routine of house cleaning, laundry, homeschooling & meal preparation. It's not as easy as you think, but still as rewarding. Being on both sides of the spectrum, a working mom and now a stay at home mom I can easily relate to either. Which really, brings me to the reason I created this blog. I love to cook. I love watching cooking shows. They inspire to me some degree. I love looking online for a devine culinary creation. I love browsing magazines and pondering if I could actually make a recipe they've stuffed in the pages. What can I say? I've many times imagined I was Paula Deen in my kitchen, short of the lack of culinary experience, the fact that she's famous, owns several restaurants and has a cooking show, I could totally be her. Right?
Wrong! That's just it. I will never be a Paula Deen. I do not have culinary training. I do not have access to all these top shelf wonderful ingredients she uses. I don't know what half of the ingredients are and if I did, I have no idea where to purchase them. Furthermore, I do not have a hefty bank balance that affords me the luxury of buying endless high-end ingredients. I am you. The small town American woman. A mom. The pivotal fixture in the household. The superwoman who can work and run a household. The great stay at home mom who can rear her children all day and run a household. I am normal. That's the real deal.
In lieu of my normalcy (pun intended), I've created this blog to share with you - my reader - the realistic recipe guide. Things I've prepared at home throughout the years. Family recipes. Friend's Recipes. Simple Recipes. With easily attainable ingredients at ANY local supermarket, affordable ingredients and no brainer instructions, these meals can be made by anyone. Most have a prep time of an hour or less, ensure leftovers so you can actually take an hour or so to relax the next evening after a long hard day and are sure to please the mouths you feed. No, these are not extradordinary culinary creations. I am not Paula Deen and you are not Paula Deen. These are simple recipes created by the working moms and delivered by the moms.
Hopefully a recipe on my blog will make your life just a little bit easier. Maybe it will cut down meal prep time in the evening. Maybe you'll be able to pat yourself on the back when a moment of "I can really do this" imposes. Or maybe you will just find relief knowing you can relate to the majority of women in America who are not culinary artists, who do not have an overflowing bank account to buy never heard of ingredients, and who do not have countless hours of the day to waste standing in the kitchen.
I'm going to be adding recipes. Feel free to try and post your comments, but most of all, please share your recipes and I'll add them to my blog. Any recipe will do.
This is the real deal. Real women. Real food we serve. Real Families.
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