Honey, I know what I'm going to do today...

As I sat at the dinner table tonight, patting myself on the back for a particularly successful dinner that I had just thought up out of the blue, I looked over at my husband and said "I think I'll start a food blog." He smiled at me and, being the amazing/supportive/handsome husband that he is, says "I think that's a great idea." So here I am, starting my very own, brand new blog.

I guess you're asking yourself, why would she start a food blog? Aren't there like 1,234,679 of those already in existence? Because I'm awesome, that's why!

OK, maybe I am, maybe I'm not (it really depends on who you talk to) but one thing that I am sure about is that I really love to eat. I mean LOVE it. When people ask me what my favorite food is, I'm never able to really say for sure. Some days its steamed snow crab, other days its chocolate covered caramel (today I would probably say peach cobbler. Doesn't that sound AMAZING?) It changes all the time. There are really only two things that I can think of that I really don't like to eat: Liver and Sushi (I know, weird, right? I like all the individual bits, but put it all together and BLEH!")

Now for the real point of this blog. Recently, my husband and I decided to start eating differently. In the past we kind of just ate with the reckless abandon of people in their early 20's. Loving each bite for what it was, not for its calorie content. This worked (sort of) until we decided that we should have kids. Add together a loss of time for workouts, emergency oh-my-god-I'm exhausted, just order pizza-nights, and devouring half a batch of chocolate chip cookies that I baked to relieve some stress, and you end up with some extra poundage. So after trying on my swimsuit that didn't fit like I remembered, I said to my husband "something has to change." So we downloaded a calorie counting app for our iPhones and started recording everything we ate.

So far its working really well. When I feel like I have a budget for calories every day, it makes me more accountable for what I put in my mouth. I've actually lost 6 lbs in a little over a week by only making sure I don't go over 1800 calories per day.

OK, I digress a little. The point of this blog isn't about weight loss. Its about food. Yummy, delicious food. It won't all be health food. Next weekend is my daughter's 3rd birthday and I know I'll be making some vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. They're going to be so yummy (I use a recipe from Magnolia Bakery. Its SO GOOD). All I want to do is share the things that I make because food makes me happy.