I live in a small lakeside town in Minnesota, and come from a sporty family of 6 kids and two loving parents. I became interested in all things cooking when I moved to Germany for a year after high school. As I traveled around Europe, I loved the challenge of buying things at local markets, where I couldn't read the label, and I would attempt to cook with it with whatever tools I had in my airbnb. I came home to the states and my time was filled with new adventures such as nursing school, marriage, and a new baby. (And all within a year!)

The first night of marriage, we came home to our renovation project of a "home" and I began cooking my first dinner for my new husband... I burned up the meal into ashes and salvaged just enough of it so we could have some what of a dinner... I reached up to turn the fan on to ease the smokey smell, and POOF renovation dust shot out of the vent fan onto the already scorched meal.... and there was the beginning of my cooking adventures. I had a hungry husband and knew I needed to figure this thing out real quick! Luckily, I don't get discouraged easily.. So I began fearlessly making things from Pinterest with names and words that I had never heard of.. and to my surprise, I had a hidden talent!

You know when people audition for American Idol and they sound like a screechy bird, and the judges ask them who in the world told them they were good at singing? "My brother!" or "My mom!" Haha well, I thought that this was me, only cooking edition. I thought I was good at but only because my husband was hungry and would say every one of my meals was "5 Stars," and he would eat whatever I put in front of Him....

Well, here we are, 5 years later and its been confirmed by hundreds of people that have walked through my revolving door of a home that my secret and hidden talent is not so secret! I get asked often for recipes I use or for how I make things.. and to be frank, I don't have recipes because I make up my meals! So I am here to write my recipes down and share them! I am hoping that you will enjoy these meals as much as my hungry husband and my friends and family that I cook for on the regular, and maybe even through this process we can become friends too! My hope is to inspire you to be a better HOST, COOK, MOM, FRIEND, SISTER and just overall RAISE the bar for the quality of life that you're giving those around you, simply through the art of FOOD!