Peas and Crayons: [ About ]

Hi!!! Welcome to my crazy [or is that crazy awesome?!] corner of the internet.

Food is Art.
You are what you eat.
Eat Happy. Eat Healthy. Eat Pretty!

Peas and Crayons is a fusion of two of my passions: food... and art! To me, everything is a potential canvas -- especially my plate! Poke around this site and you'll find artsy fartsy DIY projects and a boatload of edible masterpieces. In a nutshell, I like to paint and play with my food. Not necessarily in that order, and not usually at the same time... though I have been known to get glitter in my food from time to time! Let the shenanigans begin!

With so many food blogs that focus on sweets and meats, this blog will focus on what I consider to be the most important food group: Vegetables! I'll be whipping up recipes that are crisp, colorful, and absolutely delicious. Vegetables are fun! Let me show you how to plan your meals around them!

I guess it would be a bit rude if I didn't introduce myself so...

Hii! I'm Jenn!

I'm a Boston-born, South Florida-raised veggie addict that the USMC decided to move next to a cow farm on the East Coast of North Carolina. My husband calls me bird, my friends call me Jenn, and pretty much everyone else calls me crazy, but that's to be expected when you whip out your camera every time veggies are present. Or so I'm told.

I'm always writing, or reading, or painting, or eating something and will, without fail, be found doing whichever one of these tasks I'm not supposed to be doing. If I need to write, I'd rather read. When it comes time to run, I suddenly get really, ridiculously hungry. Imagine that =) I'm a group fitness junkie that loves zumba, loathes burpees, and makes gloriously inappropriate jokes around ab balls. I could go on, but I'd rather hear more about you -- so introduce yourself sometime! I'm on twitter, instagram, pinterest, facebook, and will essentially jump on any social media bandwagon that comes my way. I have issues =)

But seriously - I love hearing from you! So don't be shy; introduce yourself sometime!

Until then, here's a few more facts about moi:

My kids are kind of hairy...

and we're expecting a not-so-furry little one this summer!

I graduated with a B.S. in Dietetics from Florida State University.

GO NOLES!

I've worked for the Florida DOE School Lunch and Breakfast Program and also as a Nutrition Educator for WIC but, since moving to the middle of nowhere, decided to take a break and try my hand at freelance [and cookbook!] writing, recipe development, and mommy-dom. I miss nutrition counseling fiercely and hope to pick it back up after our next military move! So far my dream list of locations includes Northern Virgina, DC, California, and good old Florida! Fingers crossed!

Speaking of the military,

My other half flies CH-53 helicopters for the United States Marine Corps.