so one of the goals I have as a housewife is to be the best cook I can be! My grandmother, Linda Wittrien was the BEST at everything she did in the kitchen. Its unforunate that I was too young to appreciate her recipies before she died, but her cooking was literally the best around and she always had the itch to host. My mother, while we were all youngsters, would host bible studies and dinners all the time. Her simplistic recipies always had people coming back for more. So for myself? I want to be the place that everyone is eager to come for dinner, or dessert. I want to learn to cook from scratch, and to cook well.

I don't exactly want to create my own dishes and test them out. But I do want to learn how to make the best roasted chicken dinner, the best roast, the best mac n' cheese, the best chocolate cookies, the best sangrias. I want to learn to cook for those I love and host christmases, holidays and just "saturday night dinners" because I can!

Tonight, for the first time I had some friends over for dinner... what was on the menu? ceaser salad, garlic bread and a home-made three cheese pasta bake or aka. mac n' cheese fancy style! Everyone kept going for seconds and kept complimenting me on my cooking, so it must have been good! :)

One of my most favorite things is cooking for those I love. So when Im home, I always ask Cam if he wants something to eat, because making him food is one of my favorite things to do. And most of the time Im not even interested in eating what Im making. Im more interested that other people will like it!

Next thing Im making... Beef stew with biscuits, butter chicken and waffles... all made from scratch!
I already perfected sangrias, pizza dough and mac n' cheese!

O... and I want to make the best cheesecake too!
if you have any recipe suggestions for me, please comment and let me know!

too bad I missed a picture of my meal... it was gone before I remembered to bring down the camera!