Motorcyles and Mimosas: Introduction to the blog and stuff I have cooked recently

Welcome to my blog! I started this mostly as a cooking blog to invite people in to share their recipes, cooking ideas, methods or just to post anything funny or silly. I call it Motorcyles and Mimosas because it kind of defines the spectrum of things I love. I do ride a motorcyle, love guns, karate movies, and I also love the delicate things in life like shoes, mimosas, wine and sappy music. I have made some damn good memories with motorycles and mimosas and cooking/food always seem to be at the center of it all!

Disclaimer: I am not a chef, culinary expert, writer and I am not one of those witty women like the Pioneer Woman whose cooking blog has seen so much success she got a cooking show on Food Network out of it. You will most likely find spelling errors, occasional cuss words and maybe even pictures of beefcake.. not the edible kind..well maybe edible with a side of au jus :-)

I am just an average working woman who loves to cook and dream up recipes practical to average women. A beginning cook might feel intimated when starting out and going to the big blogs where they make it all look so easy and use ingredients you can't find at Walmart. I was hoping together we could all give some inspiration to the average jane looking to make a knockout meal or just a good meal. Cooking can be stressful to anyone. There is always pressure to come up with something different and innovating and keep it within budget. I can make some damn good meals and I can't afford the luxury to shop at gourmet food stores.

I will try to update the blog as much as possible but to be honest I am a very busy woman between owning/operating 2 businesses and being a work from home mom of a 4 year old and wife. Luckily, my husband serves a good purpose in all of this because he loves to be my test bunny for the recipes I come up with or try but he is also considered one of my "kids" because he requires about the same attention lol. Those who know him can attest to this, and I am sure many others can relate.

So I got this idea for the blog a few weeks ago and started to take pictures of the stuff I cook in preparation of one day making a blog. I just didn't have the confidence to pull the trigger but then I decided heck what's the worse that can happen? My family and friends read it and nobody else..oh well I am going to have fun with it. So I am going to start with some pictures and descriptions of some of the things I have cooked over the past few weeks. I like to cook a lot of lowfat recipes along with the good stuff :-)

Grilled Shrimp Kebabs Kebobs you can spell it either way