Back when I was a PR student at UGA (Ok sure, I graduated less than 6 months ago) I had to keep a blog for some of my classes, but all my entries were about PR "issues," and to be honest, I was never thrilled to write in it.
But recently I’ve been on this major blog kick. For the past few weeks, I've been blog-stalking left and right. People I know as well as people I don’t know but the people I know, know. Are you with me? (Don't lie to me, you do it on Facebook all the time.) I don’t stay long on blogs that are just about people’s day-to-day lives. “Today, I walked the dog…” Hmm...thrilling. But when I find a blog that has fun useful information, i.e. recipes, D.I.Y. projects, new ideas that I would never have though of by myself, I camp out. So I decided to jump on the bandwagon.
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t like to cook. I started with the basics when I was younger: grilled cheese, canned soup, mac n’ cheese (from a box of course). That evolved into cooking pasta but adding meat, spices, and veggies to store-bought pasta sauce. That evolved into making up my own recipes. Ever since Austin and I got married in July, I’ve been trying my hand at creating my own recipes more often. Most of the time I look at an existing recipe for inspiration and then take out ingredients, add other ingredients, etc until I feel like it's my own.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says "Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit who lives within you, whom you have received [as a gift] from God? You are not your own, you were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid for, made His own]. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your body." (This exact wording came from the Amplified version which has recently become one of our favorite translations of the bible. Not only is the wording understandable, but it also provides a more direct translation from the original Greek in parentheses. SCHWEET! Check it out. Marinate in Paul's intended meaning here. Being God's temple means to be "the very sanctuary" of Holy Spirit. What? So good it's crazy...)
Anyway...No matter what translation you read, one thing is clear from these two versions: because we are believers, Holy Spirit resides within us, our entire beings belong to the Lord not to us, and we are commanded to honor him with our bodies. Not an option. Austin and I try to eat healthy to be good stewards of what's entrusted to us (our bodies) because of this 1 Cor 6:20 command, but also because we have more energy and feel better when we eat things that are good for us. Plus Austin is a Nutrition major so he learns just how not good for you those not good for you foods really are and flat out refuses to eat certain things (hydrogenated and partially-hydrogenated oils).
So much "health food" is super expensive and tastes like cardboard: bland and boring. Well this just won't do for us, because we're on a newlywed budget (read: we are poor), and we actually like to enjoy our food (read: cardboard=yuck). My theory is eating should be healthy, cheap, and exciting. I'm betting a lot of you are like me. You want it all from your food. Thus, my desire to food-blog was born. I'm hoping this blog will be good for you because I'll give you some recipes from my arsenal that'll help you cook healthy, delicious food that won't break the bank or take all your time to prepare. I'm hoping this blog will be good for us as it'll challenge me to keep the coming up with new recipes (and Austin will get to eat them.) :-)
So I'll blogging probably mostly about food with some cool D.I.Y. ideas sprinkled in, and Austin will be blogging probably mostly about life in general. I’m jumping in with both feet, and Austin is along for the ride. I would love to say I'll blog often, but I’m not going to commit to writing every day or even every week cause being boxed in by that type of comittment is just not really my style.
If any of our posts bless you please comment and let us know. If you try any of the recipes and like them, please comment and let us know. If you have any suggestions, please comment and let us know.
Here goes nothin'!
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