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Hey! I'm Nicki!

Just a little about me. I am a mother of four kids...yes four. Two teenage boys and two little girls one has just approached the...what do they call them....the troublesome threes?....the traumatic threes? Either way if you're a parent that has had the pleasure of experiencing it you know exactly what I mean. And my youngest, my baby, my weak spot, is just about one and a half, though she feeds off of her sister so lets just say i'm busy. If there's one thing I can tell you about my kids is that they eat A LOT...I mean a lot, a lot. I feel like I am a snack maker/butler and meal maker before mother sometimes. I am the other half to my patient, loving, cheese to my cracker fiance of forever Jay. He also loves to eat....notice a theme? 
I love to cook (most of the time) and I love to feed people. I have become that family/friend that people call for recipes, cooking help and even place food requests with, so I thought maybe I would take my knowledge and my recipes and see if anyone else would enjoy them. I hope you love them as much as we do. 

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