Welcome!

Welcome to Finding Joy in My Kitchen!

I do hope you will pull up a chair, and a nice cup of Snow Tea and take a gander through my recipes.

Allow me to introduce myself, I'm "SnoWhite" and I'm the chef here.  I'm finishing up (literally... next Friday!!) my dissertation.  My delightful cooking and life-long companion is Dr. "Frog Prince".  He completed his PhD in October.  We've been married from almost 3 years, and together have made strides to rid our home of pre-packaged foods.    

The journey for me to find joy in my kitchen has been a long and bumpy one.  And, it all started with one kiss.  

Yep.  

In fact, our first kiss.  

After Frog Prince planted a tender kiss on my lips, I felt my throat start to swell shut.  Frog Prince had eaten nuts before he kissed me... and, seeing as I'm allergic to nuts... that was a problem!  We spent the rest of the evening in the emergency room where all the nurses laughed at the story these two young, embarrassed love birds had to tell.  

The next day, I had to call my family and tell them the news.  While concerned about my health and well-being, my dad found the whole situation quite humorous.  In fact, he couldn't stop laughing.  

A few days later, I received this little guy in the mail....

In case you can't read the tag, in my father's handwriting it reads:  "Use caution when kissing, results may vary!"

Haha.  

Hence why my hubby's name is "Frog Prince".  

Everything turned out okay for me, but this "incident" spiraled me in to a world of fear -- fear that I couldn't eat anything or trust anyone with preparing foods for me to eat.  So, I had to learn how to cook everything I wanted to eat.  As I began to make my own bread, ice cream, crackers, granola and more, I learned I actually liked to cook.    

Frog Prince and I were actually eating healthier by avoiding pre-packaged foods.  Taking care of our family in the kitchen became something that brought me joy... and so my husband affectionately named me "SnoWhite".  

Now, nearly 3 years later, we shop from the perimeter only at the grocery store, stockpile healthy foods in our freezer, and shop at local farmer's markets when possible.  Through it all, I found great joy in my kitchen!

I invite you along on this journey.  You don't need to be a gourmet chef, or have a huge kitchen with every appliance in order to cook healthy, affordable meals for your family.  All you need is a little sense of adventure.  

This blog is a place for me to share wonderful recipes with you - ones our family loves, and ones I can't wait to try.  I hope that you'll find some of what you're looking for here, and that you too will find joy in your kitchen!   

Thanks for visiting today.  

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