Bring on the Butter

Hey everybody, welcome to my first blog! I'd like to start off with saying thank you to all of my friends and family for hounding me to start a blog because I FINALLY did it. (And yes I just gave myself a pat on the back) First off let me preface with the title: Binging on Butter, don't let it fool you, I am in no way trying to create a race of morbidly obese humans however I am just sick and tired of the obsession with fat free, sugar free, carb free, unsalted, flavor-free food. Enough!

I understand that your body is a temple as well as a wonderland (thanks John Mayer) and in no way am I promoting a glutinous diet filled with deep fried butter, wrapped in bacon and injected with sugary sauces (pretty sure they will serve that at the fair this year) but live a little. Stop punishing yourself for having a slice of cake or an extra piece of bread slathered with butter, sometimes we gotta spoil ourselves. Life is challenging and it's important to occasionally, "Treat Yo Self!"

I LOVE cooking and I've been "treating" my friends and family as long as I've been able to preheat the oven to 350. Thanks to my mother, I have a "no box" policy (which I skipped in college to save on money, sorry mommy!). I insist whenever possible to make as much as humanly possible from scratch. It has gotten so bad that I can even taste the difference between a boxed cake and one from scratch, and it hurts my soul. I also understand that some people don't have the time or sanity to make everything from scratch and I gotta tell you I fall short often. I'll even let you in on a little secret, sometimes I love it.

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One time I made a Lemon Raspberry Trifle for one of my girlfriends' engagement parties which consisted of lemon pound cake, fresh raspberries, raspberry sauce, and lemon whipped cream (YUM). Normally I would make the pound cake from scratch and the lemon curd from scratch but I was down to the wire so I cheated, shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I bought pound cake from the store as well as lemon curd and I gotta tell ya, TOTALLY worth it. I made the whipped cream as well as the raspberry sauce, both SUPER easy, and it was just delish! I will post about the lemon raspberry trifle once I've finalized the recipe so I can share it with all of you lovelies.

Hi there!

Anyways thanks for embarking on this new venture in my life and I look forward to sharing my cooking adventures and/or fiascos with you. Sorry if my post was all over the place, I think I just typed every thought that came into my head - I may have the attention span of a dog or small child. Just remember to Treat. Yo. Self with some sinful food on occasion cause lemme tell ya, YOU DESERVE IT!