Traveler, Blogger, Cook

Cooking flavorful food has been a passion of mine for years, but it wasn’t always that way.  Have you ever thought you were terrible at something and later realized you actually had a talent for it? That’s what happened to me. I went from being a newlywed at 18 and only knowing how to boil water, to getting paid to cook as a self-taught personal chef with a successful business.  My journey as a self-taught cook, unsatisfied with meals made by adding water to pouches of powdery food, started by cooking recipes I found on websites like the Food Network.  And not long after that, I was creating my own recipes and improving existing recipes.  

Now with my little family, I travel full time in an RV, cook and create recipes in different locations and climates using solar power and propane.  We sold our 5,000 sq. ft. dream house of 8 years with a large gourmet kitchen, in search of a lifestyle of beautiful experiences rather than having beautiful belongings. But cooking in a small space with a very small RV oven that runs on propane has had its challenges (if you have one, you know what I mean ha-ha).  But I am here to say that delicious food can be made in an RV kitchen or any kitchen.

My favorite kind of food to eat and cook is Italian. But I think part of why Italian food is my favorite is because I am ¼ Italian from my mom’s side. Italian food is in my bones.  Some of my other favorite things are mountain biking, road biking, and hiking. I will make any excuse to be outside.  In fact, I like to cook outside with our “outdoor kitchen” attached to our RV.  

In The Traveling Cook blog, I will share my family’s favorite recipes with you, and you will see a little of our life in the RV as we travel, explore, and create memories.  I hope you enjoy sharing this journey with us.

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