Dear Jack and Lucy,

I started this blog because the teacher in me never feels like I taught you enough. It mostly started when Jack first went off to school in 2022. When he left I kept having one single thought, did I teach him everything he needs to know as a young adult. I know rationally it is ridiculous to think I could impart all wisdom onto my young adult children but here I am.

And I realized quickly after my first freak out at the grocery store…I want to leave you both something that I learned being your Mom. Mostly how to cook. I literally had no idea how to cook prior to having kids. I was a career woman and I mostly ate out. When Jack was born I realized I needed to feed the kid and even thought I had some time before he graduated to solid food I had to get my crap together soon.

Jack ate his first baby foods easily but when we moved onto the second steps with the puréed meats, well I’m fairly sure he gave me the stink eye. He used to watch me cook via the countertop. I know that is not the safest location but he would sit on his bouncy on the large countertop and watch me intently as I cooked. On one particular day as I warmed up spaghetti sauce and added seasonings I got this idea to just add some to his baby food. I added Italian seasoning and garlic to his food, warmed it up and Julia Child’s move over because this kids thought I was fantastic. He gobbled his food up like I had never seen him eat before.

This became my challenge, finding foods my whole family would like and when they became older finding foods fast and easy to make since I had gone back to work.

So, you see Jack and Lucy it is because of you both that your Mom muddled her way into cooking.

Is this a cooking blog of a really great chef? Not likely, but it is a series of love letters to my kids via food.

XOXO,

Love Mom