Thanks, Anna! Pinch of Yum had a great post on the subject just last week! For me personally, if I’m thinking something in particular when I’m creating or eating a recipe, I write it down on the same paper as my recipe (this probably goes back to my “mind mapping” days of middle school — if you’ve never tried that, that’s a great place to start, too!) that way I have a few gentle reminders if I thought of a funny story, if something ridiculous happened, or I had out of the ordinary inspiration for a recipe. Otherwise, I don’t really sit down to write hoping to end up anywhere. I just let my own voice out as if I were having a conversation with friends. In fact, I’ve had several friends point out they can hear my voice in their heads when reading my posts, and for me, that’s exactly what I’m looking for. Occasionally, I’ll write the recipe first or what later turns out to be the 2nd paragraph before going back to the top of the post and writing more of an intro. Feel free to email me if you have any more questions on this!

Thank you!

I love the sound of eggplant parm quesadillas! Totally adding these to next week’s menu plan.