Friday, May 24, 2013

The Perfect Bite

The Perfect Bite by my own definition is a mouthful of a dish (recipe) with one piece of each of the dish's ingredients. I don't mean ranch dressing in my apple pie, I mean, if a dish is the show each ingredient is a supporting actor. TO have all represented in one mouthful is to experience the dish as a whole as the chef (artist) intended. All ingredients start out as solo parts until ruminated in my mouth where all those individual flavors meld together to become the dish. So here is today's Perfect Bite.

Scrambled Egg Mess

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Welcome to Erin Ellen's!

Welcome to my virtual cafe/coffee shoppe.

I am planning on opening a coffee shoppe or a fresh food cafe in the next few years so I thought why not start with a virtual one? I can blog, try recipes, chat, etc just like I would in my real coffee shoppe/cafe. Why wait until the real thing opens?

So here we are. I invite you to have a seat and make yourself at home. I hope you enjoy.



So who am I? My name is Erin Ellen. Ellen being my middle name. I was named after one of my mom's sisters and it's a good thing she picked my favorite aunt. Otherwise, it might have been awkward being named Erin Carol or Erin Gail. LOL I'm currently (May 2013) 48 years old. I'm a single woman living alone with my two dogs, Patches and Cuddles. You'll meet them soon enough. I also, have a 24 yr old son who spends most of his time working or with his girlfriend. Lucky for me he's started working out so I do get to see him at the gym from time to time.

I love food (and spirits). I also, like being fit, healthy and lean. Can I have both? Food and a fit body? Of course!!! So that will be a main topic around here. Eating good. What does that mean? Does "good" mean healthy? Does it mean tasty? I think it can mean both so that's what we're going to focus on 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time? All that stuff we know isn't the best choice but we still indulge in from time to time. You got it...cookies, cakes, alcohol, processed foods, etc. While I do eat good 90% of the time I do still like to indulge once in awhile.