Intro-A little about me

My name is Jenn. I am a 37 year old single mom to an awesome yet frustrating at times 13 year old daughter. The kid has a sensitivity to citric acid so she cannot eat oranges, can only have tomatoes in limited quantity and has to be careful of other foods containing citric acid. She will not touch a berry if her life depends on it. Sometimes I think the list of what she will eat is shorter than the list of what she wont! As for me, I am deathly allergic to peanuts and tree nuts, squid and scallops. I also have texture issues and cannot eat certain foods without gagging or being sick.

As you can imagine that you add all that together and we are quite the pain in the rear to feed! I am constantly looking for new recipes because I get bored of eating the same things all the time. Yes I love meatloaf and mashed potatoes...probably in an unhealthy manner but I don't want to eat them every week anymore!

Now that the child is older I am starting to cook more of what I want and if she doesn't like it she is welcome to make herself a sandwich or salad for dinner instead.

A lot of my focus is going to be on reviewing slow cooker recipes and eventually developing my own. I will usually make a recipe close to the original instructions the first time I make it and then play around with ingredients from there. I have been cooking since I was about 6 years old so I do have a very good grasp on what kinds of flavours go well together and what kind don't.

It is hard to find recipes geared towards 2-3 people instead of feeding 6-8. We do like leftovers for lunch the next day but I don't want to eat the same thing for a week. I know some people don't have a lot of freezer space and some things just don't freeze all that well!

I ran a home based baking business for over a year so there will be some baking recipes as well but I will lean more to the savoury side here because I don't often change up a baking recipe. That is science you just don't want to mess with!

Hopefully this gives you a little insight into what I am trying to do with this blog. I haven't decided how often I will be posting but I am aiming for at least once a week.