Pressure Cooker: Spring Break!

Monday, April 9, 2012

Spring Break!

Pressure Cooker is taking a Spring Break! I am not a teacher or a student and I don't have kids in school yet but hey, we have a lot of travel coming up over the next 2 weeks so spring break it is!

See you soon!

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Welcome!

I was not one of those women who adored being pregnant.....in fact, I would say I more than mildly hated it. I cannot imagine life without my precious baby girl (and I will do it all again at some point sooner than later) but I have to say I found the process horrifying.

The title of this blog comes from the notion that very often during my pregnancy, I felt like a human pressure cooker. It also stems from the fact that motherhood comes with enormous pressures and cooking (for me) is a great therapy and stress reliever.

In "celebrityville" pregnant is the new skinny and it's infuriating. I thought I was supposed to gain weight for a healthy pregnancy? When did 32 pounds of pregnancy weight become shameful? And why, at 4.5 months post pregnancy and 6 pounds to go, do I feel like I'm at the back of the bounce-back pack?

I started to be afraid to put anything in my mouth without fully understanding the implications to my unborn child. Most prenatal nutrition books read (to me) like medical journals - a confusing hodgepodge of information that was often too exhausting to get past chapter one.

So, as with many points of transition in my life, I began writing and when I was done writing, I started cooking. I wanted comfort and I found it by cooking wholesome recipes from my Grammy, from my Mom, from friends near and far, and I realized something. Baby books aside, I could make wholesome versions of my favorite recipes (all while enjoying the comfort of familiar smells and tastes) and I could feel GOOD about it.

May you find a laugh or two in the ramblings of yours truly and most importantly, may you find comfort in the recipes, from my "cyber kitchen" to yours.

Pressure Cooker

Monday, April 9, 2012

Spring Break!

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