Lara H

about me

I live in Arizona with my wonderful husband and our 2 beautiful daughters, ages 4 yrs old and 2 yrs old. We also have a dog and a bunch of fish.

I am a trained Montessori teacher and Parent Education Consultant. I worked full time as a teacher until just before our younger daughter was born, at the moment I am a substitue teacher and support person at an excellent Montessori School. I would love to someday be able to be home with our girls full time, but for now they both love being where they are so I try not to feel too badly about it all.

I have a huge collection of cookbooks, some of which are still in storage at my mum's. (Moving cookbooks is such a pain!) I also have 5 or 6 file boxes full of recipes, and I'm always adding to it.

Favorite Foods:

I love to try new recipes and experiment. I am always expected to bring my artichoke dip and my To Die For Brownies to functions, (one of my sisters sometimes refers to them as "Killer Brownies" because she says she'd kill for them.)

There is a restaurant here in the Phoenix area called Carrabas and they have some of the most wonderful Italian food... my current favorites there are the Eggplant Parmesean (it's not fried), the ceasar salad (their dressing is my all time favorite), and their pecan encrusted trout (my mouth waters just writing about it), oh and of course their chocolate sonoma desert... it is fab....

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