emily hauer

about me

I'm the front desk girl at an animal hospital. I also do some cat-sitting.

I managed to get myself out of a very very very bad relationship in November '07, and in March '08 I met the man I am going to marry. He's the best thing to ever happen to me and I'm the best thing to ever happen to him. His 2 cats get along with my 3 cats, and for the most part they leave my hamster and 2 gerbils alone. Oh, and he absolutely adores my cooking.

I am very busy with my little ones and I don't get around to posting recipe reviews all that often, which is why I will sometimes review half a dozen or more recipes at a time.

I love spending time in the kitchen. I can spend entire days baking and cooking. I like to keep prepared things in the freezer so that I can whip up something to eat very quickly when I get home from a long day at the office.

Favorite Foods:

I am an extremely picky eater. And I do not like to try new foods. I won't touch anything that has onions in it — and yes, I can tell if there's even a tiny amount of them in something. But I love garlic, cheese, bread, beans, peanut butter, and hard cider. I won't eat veal because of the cruelty involved in raising the baby cows. I won't eat lobster because they are boiled to death. I was vegetarian for a few years, but I don't really like vegetables and it was not a healthy lifestyle for me.

I love baking, especially quick breads. I cook a lot of chicken and ground beef or ground turkey because it's so fast, and with all those cages/litter boxes to clean every week, I can't spend hours in the kitchen each night making supper.

My food rules: I refuse to bake without salt. I don't use partially or fully hydrogenated fats. I believe that all artificial sweeteners are poison (and yes, I can tell if there's Splenda in something I eat because all artificial sweeteners have such a vile taste to them). I no longer use all-purpose flour — whole wheat pastry flour is much better for you and I honestly can't tell the difference except in pastry. I also substitute oat bran, wheat bran, wheat germ, rolled oats, corn meal, buckwheat flour, regular whole wheat flour, or white whole wheat flour for all-purpose flour in almost any recipe. Yes, I actually have all those in my kitchen at all times. Yes, I know I'm a fruitcake.

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