About Me

Hi I’m Marlee! Or as my friends call me, Mars. Originally from California, I now currently live in beautiful Northwest Arkansas with my husband and our 3 fur-babies. I have created this space to share a little of what I love most. Which let me be honest, love always starts with FOOD! Both of my parents came from Central America and growing up, the kitchen was always the heart of the home. Which is where my love for food and cooking comes from. If anyone ever visited our home, they received fair warning, “Hope you are hungry!”.

I never realized how much I loved food until a recent health scare. At the age of 28 I started feeling severe pain in hands. Typing on a computer felt like I was typing with broken fingers! I then started feeling pain on my shoulders and had horrible headaches. My primary doctor said it was just stress and needed to slow down. I have been a banker since I was 17 and I absolutely love it! Stress has never been an issue for me. Work Work Work. But maybe I was wrong… Finally, I couldn’t handle the pain anymore. It wasn’t until 2 years later that I started searching for a second opinion.

At the age of 30, I was overweight, had very high liver enzymes, needed to have surgery asap, and was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)! My body was sick. And RA?? There was no way! A week before my surgery, my mother came to “prep” me for surgery. What she meant was, “it’s time to get your health back and that starts in the kitchen”. That whole week, consisted of organic, fresh, delicious, home-cooked meals and I was back home! I found my love for food again. And I also realized my energy was higher and pain levels were lower!! Now I want to say, I am NOT a medical professional and this has just been my personal experience so please please visit your doctor if you ever have any questions. What I am saying is, I realized I may have been doing food wrong. Eating wrong and lazy and focusing only on work and not my health and family. FAST FOOD TAKEOUT was my life and I was done with that!

This is where this blog came about. I want to share food with all of you! This is me inviting you into the heart of my home. and I want to be honest, I eat it all! From vegan dishes to that delicious comfort food we all love. Because I also do not believe that we should be afraid of food. Like I said, food is love. I will be showing you the amazing food around Northwest Arkansas, what I cook at home, and maybe some travel tips that include food of course.

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love,Mars