A new adventure

Ok, so I have watched too much Food Network. I've seen too many episodes of Top Chef. I need to stop collecting (well, not really) but start creating recipes. This blog was designed as a place to log ideas/potential recipes. The story behind it is last summer, I was asked to come up with some recipes because a houseguest is lactose intolerant. I thought, "hey, that's easy." Except every dip, hors d'eouvre, etc. had some kind of dairy product in it. I think I came up with something but I was not terribly impressed with myself. Fortunately, he brought some goat cheese with him. DUH. I am not lactose intolerant, allergic to anything, or have any *real* issues with food (won't eat seafood - just don't like the stuff), so I'm not familiar with tricks of that trade. The trickiest I can get is make food lower fat but usually refuse because I'd much rather have the 'real thing' vs. 'fake' fat free food products. (Sorry, mom) Sooo...away I go. Hopefully, someone will stumble across this blog, take an interest, try some recipes & report back if they survived the experience. And by all means, if I've gone way off base & seem lost, TELL ME!