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I've started this blog because my son became very sensitive to the dairy and soy I ingested while breastfeeding him. Since I am deeply committed to breastfeeding, I have purged the dairy and soy to the best I can in my diet.

I also searched and scoured for recipes that are dairy and soy free in books and on the web. I've been disappointed by what I've found. The recipes tend to be very basic. They include recipes for marinara sauce; who makes those with dairy or soy? Or they included directions that start with things like "microwave your onions". Eep.

I've been cooking since I was about 9 years old. I thought I wanted to be a chef when I was a teenager but a stint at a catering company convinced me large scale cooking was not for me. So I have concentrated on making really good food for my friends and family.

I am also a veterinarian in the US Army. Part of my job is food inspection, and I've learned a lot about the industrial food chain as a result of my work. The other major part is working with animals. I imagine stories will probably infiltrate the blog, as I seem to be incapable of not telling stories about work. Don't worry, names and identifying information will be changed to protect the guilty!

This blog has a couple of goals:

• Share and improve on recipes
• Discuss the current state of food in our nation

This blog also has some underlying assumptions:

• It's dairy and soy free. It's also nut free because breastfeeding moms are supposed to stay away from nuts. It's got wheat and eggs as part of recipes. It's not vegan/vegetarian either.
  
• It is not low calorie. Breastfeeding moms need all the calories they can get.
• It is aimed at adults. I have no intention of becoming a short order cook, and when appropriate, our children are going to eat the same food my husband and I do.
• It assumes a basic knowledge of how to cook and a willingness to put a little effort and money into food.