I love to make food, eat food, and talk about making and eating food (like, all the time)! I originally started this blog with my sis-in-law who is a food lover like me. Over time, we’ve enjoyed many foodie adventures experimenting in the kitchen (at all hours of the day and night).
I’ve posted some of our most beloved recipes here, with more to come. I never post something that I haven’t made over and over in my kitchen.
I also believe that your kitchen should be for dancing, and for memories. Now that my kids are a little older, we love baking together. And cranking up the music!
CHRISTINA LAKEY (-C)
| Nickname(s): | -C, Tina, Tinabean, Chris, Chubbie |
| Family: | Three beautiful girls that mean the world to me |
| Lived and Loved in: | Orem/Blanding/Logan – Utah, Washington D.C., San Francisco Bay Area – California, Canyonlands National Park – Utah, San Jose – Costa Rica, Vina del Mar – Chile |
| What I like doing besides being in the kitchen…. | Listening to, playing, and creating music (I’ve played the piano for basically as long as I’ve been alive), Traveling – although I haven’t had a chance to do much of that lately…. |
| Maybe the craziest thing I’ve ever done…. | Tried to bail off of a longboard while going down a pretty steep hill. Don’t do it folks! |
| My secret foodie dream | Aspiring Chocolatier |
| What would be my food apparel? | A Chocolate Dress |
| Current favorite sweet? | Molten Chocolate Cake |
| Current favorite savory dish? | Anything wrapped in bacon |
| Kitchen tool I cannot live without? | Kitchen Shears |
| Morning or night? | Night. In fact, midnight is a great time for grocery shopping – no lines! |
| Mess of dishes or spic and span? | Hot mess |
| Breakfast, lunch, or dinner? | Breakfast, anytime, all the time |
| My Food Specialities: | Ethnic Cuisine, Seasonings, Chocolatey Things |
| My Husband’s Food Specialities: | Soups, Seasonings, Sweets |
| What still intimidates me with food? That I want to work on? | Cooking Meat! I’ve been served undercooked meat one too many times and so I get paranoid and end up overcooking. I’m trying to work on that…… |
| If you could live anywhere in the world…… | Costa Rica. Lived there briefly many years ago and fell in love with that place. |
| Music you Like/ Bands? | Lately…..Coldplay (really, always), Gotye (he reminds me of Sting in sound and appearance and I love it!), and Sesame Street |
| One thing you will always find in my fridge…. | Sour Cream |
| One thing you will always find in my pantry…. | Chocolate in some form (bar, bean, baking chips, powder) |
| My life motto: | Just be nice. |
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