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When you think of activities for little girls, what automatically comes to mind? Dolls? Dress up? Tea party? If you know me, you know I am far from the norm. When I was growing up I would trade a doll for a Ninja Turtle and a Tea party for time spent tinkering in the garage with my Papaw and his tools. There is one stereotype that I am guilty of loving since I can remember, cooking. Anytime my Mom or Grandmas were in the kitchen, I had to pull my sleeves up and get elbow deep in flour and seasonings. Growing up in a small town in Kentucky, there were home cooked meals everyday that the family gathered around to discuss their day. That's not something you get often now days, but it's definitely something that meant the most to me during my childhood that I can't wait to pass on to my children. I have been cooking for as long as I can remember, well, attempting to cook. When I was around 6 years old my mom let me help her make salmon patties for dinner one day. She pulled the kitchen chair to the counter and I hopped up, rolled my sleeves up, anxious to help. My Mom stepped out of the room and when she returned she found a huge, white, glistening mound of sugar on top of her salmon mix! After that I never forgot that salt goes in salmon patties, not sugar! (: I recently got married in May, so now I have 2 families to cook for. Any family gathering I always get asked "What did you bring this time?!". I can't wait to have kiddos of my own one day so I can share my kitchen with their creative little minds, but for now I'll keep cooking for my Husband and my dog. I am anxious and excited to share my kitchen with y'all & I hope you enjoy!