A Little Background To Get Started

I grew up in a small town south of  Fort Worth, TX. My great-grandmother lived near us and every week she made a grocery list. Reliously. While her staples in the mid-80's were such food stuffs as Nilla Wafers, Miracle Whip, Split-Top bread, corny dogs and other boxed concoctions of this new "microwave it" era; her grocery list was always a running record of sorts. It included new things to try, things to make, things to store and things to entice your grandchildren to stay and play another hand of Skip-Bo. Hence, the Nilla Wafers topping nearly every list. As I grew up reading her lists, I discovered I had an affinity towards not only all things food, but list making as well.  This affinity grew into a love of the grocery store, grocery shopping, grocery lists, cooking shows, cookbooks and well, groceries in general. (How lucky is my husband,right?) However, my lists have every few items in common with those of my great-grandmother's. No Crisco, no processed cheese slices or microwave pizzas on my lists. However, I do often find myself just as she did, sitting with a cup of coffee making a list for the week of new things to try, things to make, things to store and things to entice my friends and family to join us for dinner (or Skip-bo). I LOVE fresh, whole food and use local and organic ingredients as often as I can. My thought for this blog is to post ingredients I can't live without, share healthy remakes of not so healthy recipes and little tricks I have learned along the way to encourage others to have as much fun making lists, grocery shopping, cooking and creating successful meals as I have. I hope you find this blog helpful, easy to follow, fun/funny at times and a source of inspiration to create your own grocery list and love of groceries. <3, Kristin