Thank you for visiting my site. Yes, my first name is Dana. No, my last name is not Treat. I’ll explain in a moment.
I am one of those people who has always loved food. My mom started giving me “table food” when I was 9 months old and I have never looked back. I was not picky as as child, but meat was never that appealing to me. I always liked the side dishes better. When I was 16 years old, I decided to make a change in my diet and cut out all meat and poultry. At 20, I gave up fish. It’s now been 18 years since I have eaten something with a face and I find my diet to be incredibly rich, interesting, and satisfying. And, aside from a few french fries here and there, healthy. Not to worry, I will never climb on a vegetarian soap box here – my own husband eats meat – I just want to share my love of good vegetarian food. And baked goods.
I live in Seattle with a great husband and two boys, ages 4 and 2. In addition to caring for them, I work as a personal chef for three local families. I cook dinner for them twice a week and deliver it to their homes. This is a job I have been doing for three years and I love it. Coming up with three-course menus twice a week has forced me to become a much better and much more creative cook. I joke that if you want to come to dinner at my house, you should come on Tuesday or Thursday as those are client days and the food is better. The rest of the week, we still eat well – just more simply.
In addition to loving to cook, I also love to bake and each week I make my clients a “treat”. Hence, Dana Treat. You will find many of those treats here but also lots of vegetarian fare which you can enjoy as main courses or side dishes. As I always say to my clients, enjoy!
If you would like to read more about me, you can read these “essential” posts.
I have a lot of blogs that I read. If you would like to see a list of some of my favorites, you can click here.
