Who am I and what am I doing?!?!

Hello! My name is Karian and I am a stay at home mom with a 1 year old son. I just recently got out of the Air Force where I flew the C-130 (big cargo plane). Although I had fun in the Air Force it is time to move on...start a family and a new chapter in my life. Part of this new chapter is the time I get to spend doing something I have always loved, but never have seemed to have enough time to do it....spend time in the kitchen cooking and baking! Yes, my son does keep my busy, but I am still able to get some good time in the kitchen now that I don't work outside the house, and my son has his favorite cabinet full of his "cooking stuff" that he loves to play in!
Growing up I was always in the kitchen helping my mom (I was the only girl of 4 kids!) and she taught me a lot. She also led our 4-H group where we learned how to bake and cook. I also had a grandma who was great at making cinnamon rolls and pies - delicious! Any chance I got I was over at her house helping her bake, which was especially fun since I was allowed to make a huge mess with the flour and sugar at her house! Ever since I can remember my Aunt has given me a cookbook every Christmas (this year it was 500 best ever chocolate recipes - yummy!!!). So now I am excited to use all that I have gained over the years and share with you some of my scrumptious recipes! All these recipes are either family recipes passed on to me, or something I created - usually starting with a simple recipe, or one out of my several cookbooks and then changing it up a little to make it my own.
I hope to post several recipes, health info, good kitchen tools, etc...and eventually start a weekly menu planner (with grocery list!) once I build my recipe collection. While I do enjoy spending time in the kitchen, multiple trips a week to the grocery store with the kiddo is a different story...that's why I try to make a list every week and hopefully get everything with just one trip!
I hope you enjoy my website!