Welcome to Deliciousmiss—I’m Alex.
I first launched this blog in 2019, but truthfully, it was in my heart long before that—before Instagram influencers were a thing, before food blogs were booming, and before I even really knew how to cook. What I did know was that food was a language of love. It’s how I was raised—seated at my Grama Joe’s table, where meals were warm, intentional, and made with love.
My true culinary education started in my 20s, watching Giada De Laurentiis religiously, learning to cook one dish at a time, and slowly falling in love with the process. Eventually, I took that passion all the way to culinary school, leaving behind a career in property management during the recession to pursue something that lit me up. Around that same time, The Pioneer Woman launched her cooking show. I remember learning that she had started out with a blog, and that planted a seed in me. It showed me that storytelling, food, and real life could live in one place—and that maybe I could create a space of my own, rooted in connection, heart, and authenticity.
Since then, so much has changed.
While my earliest culinary inspirations sparked a deep love for food, I’ve come to realize that my passion doesn’t lie in churning out endless recipes or keeping up with the pace of constant content. That rhythm makes the kitchen feel like pressure, not peace. What lights me up is simpler and more rooted—teaching the basics, offering inspiration, and helping people realize that cooking doesn’t have to be intimidating. Helping others find their way in the kitchen, the way I once had to find mine.
Presently, I’m gluten-free, dairy-free, and more mindful than ever about what I put into my body—not from a place of restriction, but from deep understanding and self-respect. I’ve come to understand how food affects not just the body—but the mind and spirit too. The recipes I once made with all the dairy, gluten, and indulgence have slowly evolved into dishes that honor both my roots and my body. I still indulge when it’s worth it, but I do so with intention.
This journey with food has run parallel to a deeper one: HEALING. When I launched this blog, I also began therapy. What followed was a transformative, sometimes painful, always necessary unraveling of what no longer served me—including the end of a 22-year relationship and the beginning of life as a single mom—something I never imagined would be part of my story.
But here I am.
More grounded. More whole.
More in love with food, myself, and this life than ever before.
What you see here is a journey unfolding. A journey inward, outward, and back home to myself.
These days, Deliciousmiss is a space for all of it.
It’s tips for busy parents who want to cook but don’t know where to start. It’s sharing everything I’ve learned (and am still learning) about health, wellness, and feeding ourselves well—mind, body, and soul. It’s all the parts of me—design, home projects, growing my own food in the garden, continuing to heal, and the quiet, steady work of becoming.
This space isn’t about perfect. It’s about real. It’s about showing up with heart, flaws and all. It’s about honoring who I am, how I move through the world, and what I’ve had to overcome to simply be good—with me. I’m still learning. Still becoming. Still showing up with open hands, a full heart, and the hope that in sharing my story, my recipes, my tips and truths, it might inspire even just one person along the way.
I hope what you find here is useful, relatable, or inspiring. Maybe it’s a new recipe, a trick in the kitchen, or maybe it’s just the reminder that you’re not alone in figuring it out as you go.
Welcome to Deliciousmiss. I’m so glad you’re here.
