So when I was in high-school I was a really good kid.  I mean I stayed out late, but always with my parents permission.  I just didn't get into that much trouble.  I was a good band kid and always just hung out with friends.  When I got to college it was a bit different.  I did a fair amount of drinking in the band at OU.  There are many stories about different ways I partied over the years.  Some I'm proud of and some I'm not.

I'm a fairly outgoing person.  I wasn't always that way but at this point in life I'd talk to just about anyone or any group of people and it really feeds my soul.  So suffice it to say I really enjoy doing group hang time, parties etc.  In college I put myself in a place to eat and drink so unhealthy I ended up needing two surgeries to fix my stomach such that I could eat normally.  Later in life I allowed my own stress and other elements take my diet to an unfortunate unhealthy place.

Finally I changed my way of eating to a lifestyle that was much better for my long and short-term health.  I began to eat Whole Food Plant Based foods and would simply eat Vegan when I didn't or couldn't eat quite as strict.  Once I began eating that way on the regular I realized the most likely way to get good food I enjoyed on a regular basis was to begin making it myself.  So I began looking up recipes and making them vegan one way or another just trying to stay away from using processed foods when possible.  Many times I was trying new recipes or even making my own from scratch.

Now anytime we are having parties I try to put together some items we can share with folks and they'll like whether they are vegan, WFPB or anything like that.  So I put together a recipe for Stuffed Jalapeno's, Jalapeno Dip, Zucchini Rolls, Deviled Potatoes and White Crush Bean Dip or even some Grilled Stuffed Avacoado's.

I absolutely love spicy stuff so one of my favorite recipes is my Vegan Stuffed Jalapeno's as which is an easy way to make my Jalapeno Dip.   When I'm putting together a party I need several dips.  So I love to make a super easy White Crush Bean Dip...the ingredients are so minimal it throws together very quickly.  Then we have to add a couple of great gets.  So we make some light snacks like Zucchini Rolls and Deviled Potatoes which is a means to utilize potatoes instead of eggs to make a snack with a family gathering history.  We might even throw in a few more items to round out the big game or that gathering.