hello && welcome,

First of all, I just want to say thank you for coming to my blog and I hope that it will be something that you are able to enjoy and connect to!  I believe this is now my fourth blog...which is kind of crazy, but hopefully it's my last!  I have made food blogs in the past and have enjoyed them, but I just needed a fresh start, something new that encompassed my whole life and also represented many of the changes.  In this past year my life has been a whirlwind of changes, some good and some bad, but I've definitely learned that you have to roll with the punches.  One of the changes is that I have learned that I have a dairy/gluten intolerance which has caused my diet to dramatically change.  I'm sure others of you out there who have gone through changing your diets because of intolerances (or allergies) can agree that it is quite a change.  I have definitely had some days where all I want to eat is a jar of nutella and a huge crusty baguette from Safeway, but those foods are only now aloud in my day dreams.  All in all though, the diet change has definitely been worth it, and it doesn't hurt that I have lost almost fifteen pounds because of it!  Because I have gone through this diet change I have had to be very creative with cooking and have made some recipes that I really want to share with others!  This past year I have also realized how important it is for me to express myself creatively which has been monumental in my life.  You know how sometimes in life you can just get so busy that the idea of even sitting down to do something you really enjoy is almost hilarious?  Yeah well I found myself at that point about a year ago, and realized that it was something I was going to have to change.  Now I do projects ranging from photography to poetry to upcycling furniture to collaging.  Creativity is so important for people as a release, so as well as recipes, I wanted to share my creativity with others so that maybe they could also be inspired to express themselves creatively.  Another dimension that I want this blog to have is reviews of books, movies, and television shows.  Something I love is when other people suggest a good book or tv show to me, so I thought that I would try to be that person for other people.  This blog will also probably contain some random things like gardening or comedy bits, but just try to roll with it, haha. So that's the gist of it I guess, this blog is just an outlet--to kind of express my outlets.  I hope you enjoy, let me know what you think, and share your thoughts/ideas/perspectives/and so on.  

xx Larissa

Just thought I'd throw in a picture of me and my brother (showing off how different our personalities are). haha