The man behind the food blogger

I'm not a "full time" food blogger.  I mean I cook every single day (except Saturdays if I'm lucky) but I don't document the process of everything every single day or work on recipes once or twice a day because I think I would twitch.  But that doesn't mean I don't spend time trying to come up with new recipes not just for us but you guys too.  You all made me want to be on my game presentation wise so of course I had to get some pretty plates...

bowls...

glasses...

placemats and napkins...

frillies...

stuff I have no idea why I bought them...

I don't do my shopping on my own.  Oh no.  The Mr luckily was used to being dragged from store to store as a kid with his mom so he's got a shopping gene.  When he's on a mission, he's 50 steps ahead of me.  When I'm on a mission he patiently waits for me to check out all of Sur La Table's newest items, World Market's latest line of dishes or even cupcake liners at the grocery store.  Nowhere is safe from my eagle eye.  Everything I consider buying I hold up and say "this is pretty!" or "do you like this?"  I get a smile and nod or if we've been there too long an "mmm hmm."  (Translation- "I love you but seriously...another plate?")

There are days he comes home to a clean house.  There are days he comes home to this...

He wonders aloud how the dishwashing liquid could be low again.  (I should've bought stock in Cascade or Finish before I started this!  I feel like I keep their companies in the black.)

He looks at 30 pictures of the same thing at slightly different angles and says "I like that one."  Most of the time you use it, sometimes you don't but you don't tell him you liked a different one.

He is a proofreader because despite you reading your post twice, he's still able to spot 2 typos that your brain hazed over before you hit publish.  {I'm proofing now-  The Mr.}

He patiently waits for you to take pics of your dinners for food journal posts even though you tell him to go ahead.

He listens as you prattle on about flavor combinations, ambitious plans you have for different seasons, supports your food hoarding for future projects and then reminds you to check the expiration dates before you go on baking sprees.

He begins to see something in stores on his own and says "hey, this might look good in a picture" and you smile because you love how supportive he is and doesn't think of your blog as a perceived "hobby" like everyone else you know

But don't feel too sorry for him.  He gets to be the guinea pig for things like Chocolate Crinkle Cookies,  Pineapple Banana Bread, Tri-Color Potato Salad, Spicy Mexican Stuffed Shells, Spicy Egg Salad Sandwiches and a lot more.

There is nothing I love more than seeing "the look" on his face.  Other food bloggers know what I'm talking about.  That look of utter bliss, eyes rolling in the back of the head and can't stop talking about it from beginning to end.  Then you've also got the "it's good" in a high pitched voice which means "you might like it but please don't put this into regular rotation."

My experimentation has taken a man who hated brussels sprouts into someone who asks "one bag or two?" and says they're one of his favorite side dishes.  It's shown him that changing your lifestyle doesn't mean sacrificing flavor and mouth watering meals.  I'm grateful for that because 10 years ago, our idea of lifestyle change meant restriction and deprivation.  Every recipe I create is to please the man behind the food blogger and you guys reap the benefits.

What's your favorite homemade recipe whether it's one you make all the time or a family recipe passed down through the years?

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