A few years back I started a blog dedicated to my first passion: cooking! I thought it would be fun to have a creative outlet and share my recipes with family and friends. Not to mention I have been told too many times to count that I should write a cookbook. And so Damato’s Delights was created! It was so fun cooking and experimenting in the kitchen, jotting down recipes, taking photos and posting on my blog. I kept it up for several months but then life got real! To quote The Fresh Prince of Bel Air – life got flip turned upside down! In the most amazing way possible, but upside down all the same! On July 12th, 2011 my husband and I were blessed with our first child. A beautiful little boy, Lucas Mason. Since that day, life has taken a new focus, there are new priorities and a very well choreographed dance routine that we call the new normal. My cooking for pure enjoyment took a back seat to being a mom and all that entails. Pots and pans were replaced by breast pumps and then by steamers and food processors as Lucas started to eat solids. And yes I was that crazy momma who steamed and puréed everything for him. Only the best for my baby! One thing I forgot to mention, this was all while working full time in the fashion industry! But you do what you need to do. You figure out how to get it all done and try to sleep a little while you are at it. Fast forward 2 years, and we were blessed with our second child! Another little boy, Maddox Christian, born on July 10th, 2013. That new normal I talked about earlier. Oh yeah, totally blown away and now we figure out the steps to our new dance routine. Life doesn’t get much better than the blessings children bring. But with those blessings come challenges and part of the fun is figuring it all out!

There have been some false starts but I am going to bring Damato’s Delights back. With a new spin! There will still be recipes but now they may feature my baby food creations of the week or something I managed to whip up for dinner in the midst of the craziness, maybe an article I find interesting and want to share or maybe just things I want to jot down for you all to read. Life can get crazy hectic but that is not an excuse for us to not follow our heart and our passions. So let’s see where this all takes us!