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New Year. New Blog.

Welcome to 2018 and the start of my new blog, Stuntin' Like My Momma.  Starting a food blog has been something that I have been thinking about doing for some time.  Having been a long-time fat kid, food is something that I have always been interested in.  Over the years I have many significant memories tied to food whether it is tailgate food on a Saturday in the Fall, a traditional holiday meal shared with family, or a meal from a special past road trip.

Within the last few years I began starting to re-create some of those food memories as well as create new ones of my own.  My cooking has certainly been a work in progress and some dishes have worked out better than others.  However, cooking has been a process that has been a great stress relief for me to counterbalance the increased stress load at work and at home with twin toddlers.

The title of the blog, a play on the Lil' Wayne classic "Stuntin Like My Daddy", has multiple meanings.  One is that I come from a long line of great home chefs.  Both my momma and her momma, my grandma, Zelma, can throw down in the kitchen.  So, putting a great meal on the table for everyone is how I can be like them.  The other part of "stuntin like my momma" is to continuously try new recipes.  A running joke in my house growing up was that we rarely had the same recipe twice because my momma was always trying new recipes that she either found or came up with on her own.  To continue "stuntin' like my momma", I am going to be bringing that level of curiosity and exploration to my cooking to find great meals for friends and family to join around a table and enjoy together.

I am excited about this new journey and look forward to y'all joining me!

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