Meet Maura

I have a secret: I cannot do anything in moderation.  I always have to take things to the extreme at the expense of my own and my family’s sanity, and often times, my dad’s checkbook.

When I started taking horseback riding lessons, I insisted on having a pony.  When I ice skated for probably the second time, I made my mom buy me ice skates that were never again worn.  When I thought I wanted to be a teacher, I made my parents turn one of the rooms in the basement into a school room, clad with an overhead projector, pull-down maps and a real, classroom-sized chalk board and white board.  When I discovered cooking I bossed my older sister around in the kitchen for an entire day, forcing her to make dozens of recipes with me against her will and then had her do all the dishes (sorry Cait).  And, when I discovered food blogs I bought the biggest binder I could find, printed out 250 recipes in one day and laminated and categorized each one.  My dad was not happy about the ink situation.

So, what does this tell you about me?  For one, you can trust that every recipe I post is more than delicious and has been meticulously tried and tested for you.  Also, that I’m a little bit anal.

Enjoy!