My Life As I Eat It...

Some people shop, write, sing, or exercise in order to de-stress. Me? Nothing is more stress-less than a bottle of wine (preferable a nice cold chardonnay) and a hot sizzling pot just waiting for goodies to be thrown in and consumed. If I'm feeling particularly tense Nina Simone's Anthology CD is playing in the background. Seriously. Grocery shopping is like a weekend at Burke Williams Spa (until I get the bill that is, whew Fatha!). Getting pots from William Sonoma, who am I kidding? I meant Target, Walmart...hell even Marshalls, is like going shoe shopping. I love every single thing about eating, cooking and entertaining guests. I didn't realize how hookie I really was until I moved out of the house in 2005 to head to Smith College, a school that definitely does not educate little Susie Homemakers. Until then I had LaDonna, my super duper hookie Mom  to do all this corny stuff for me. Now that she's on a different coast it falls to me. 

Me and the Bestie/Roomate 

 So who am I? I'd like to think I'm a lot like you actually. I'm just a twenty three year old kid, at least I think I'm still a kid, trying to navigate my way through life with family, friends and most importantly food. I mean cooking is fun but not nearly as fun as eating and life is great, but better with food in it. I want you all to come along on my journey through "my life as I eat it." Through the good and bad, the hilarious and the sad, the miraculous and the mundane. 

Super Hookie LaDonna

I want to share my life with you through my food adventures. Favorite recipes, cocktails, foodie blogs, restaurants, bars you name it I want you to tag along and, when you find the time, share your stories. Cause we don't have to go through life alone. We have each other and we have food. Together we shall become domestic divas! Goddess's Divine of the kitchen.

I will always try to leave you with a recipe or you can suggest your own and share. It's like we're having dinner together...but not. Tonight I'm feeling Taco Pie. My mom always made it with cornbread, cheese and groud turkey meat flavored with taco seasonings. I found a pretty good recipe here http://oneparticularkitchen.com/2010/10/08/cornbread-taco-pie/. One of the best things about this meal is that its ready in 30 minutes and it cost about $20/$25 dollars to make. Quick note: I hate ground beef so I substitue beef with ground turkey meat but its your world go for it! Also feel free to serve it with a yummy salad. You can even get a pre-made one and fake it (I'm thinking something Santa Fe style). If you want to get really fancy pants you can serve it with a nice Sangria (which you can also buy pre-made) or some cervezas. Yum. Let us know how it turns out!

Look at us well on our way to cooking bliss...Dammit! Some One's Gonna Marry Us Girls.