Welcome!

There's no denying it, this family LOVES food. One of our favorite activities is planning, cooking, and eating meals together. We make every effort to involve our two-year old son, Jake in the process.

After battling mealtime for the first half of his life due to health issues (see One Bad Bug for more on that), Jake is learning to appreciate the fine art of cooking and enjoying good, flavorful food. With any luck, we may have a budding chef on our hands (though watching Ratatouille at least once or twice a week helps fuel that interest too!)

Looking 4 Recipes seems as good a name as any for a family food blog, but there's a little story behind the name. We hosted Thanksgiving and Christmas recently, and I spent a considerable amount of time in the evenings searching the web for recipes. At one point Jake either asked or heard me say what I was doing and now, whenever I turn on the computer he announces that "Mommy is looking for recipes." Yesterday, when I was looking up the recipe for Carnitas (see post by same name), he grabbed the computer and announced that he wanted to "look for recipes by himself". He's not quite able to navigate the laptop so easily himself, but I let him help press a key or too to call up the recipe. My guess is it won't be too long before he's ready to make the recipes himself too!

This blog will be a place for us to collect our various recipes, document Jake's experiences in the kitchen, and to refer back to again and again when we simply do not know what to cook.

So enjoy and dig in!