From Basic to Bougie

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you find something here that you can obsess over. I finally started this site to track and share my recipes with anyone that wants to take a basic recipe and joooosch it up! I might also include some other fun recipes I love. Also, this is going to help me to remember to take photos in the process! And, to level up my photos from Basic to Bougie!!

I am Lisa or Lisa Lisa (because there are three Lisa’s in the fam) and I live in Houston, TX with my husband, Darren and our two little gals: Marlee and Gigi. Marlee is our little rescue Poodle/Terrier mix and Gigi is the bossiest little ShihTzu.

In 1996 or 1997 I was gifted a booked called “Cooking for Dummies” by my ex in-laws. I wonder if I kept that book? Did I even read it? That was a long time ago! Maybe it was the attempt at enchiladas that had flour tortillas with cheese and zero sauce or maybe the lack of trying because my mom was the best cook growing up. She still is, she just lets me cook now. She could make anything and my dad was the BBQ master.

So maybe I wasn’t the greatest chef back then. So how did I come this far? Cooking has been my release, my hobby, my stress relief and I love trying something new at a restaurant and come home to recreate it.

Each of my recipes have a story, I hope you find something that you love here. Thanks for stopping by and checking me out.

That’s me…grinding corn for homemade tamales at Flora Farms in Cabo!