Carole is the writer, content creator and photographer of the blog Toot Sweet 4 Two. A lifestyle blog, with a heavy emphasis on recipes, Carole writes about many things – emergency preparedness, travel, parties and tablescapes, other bloggers, occasional craft projects and more.

A self-taught home cook, Carole cooks every day (sometimes twice a day) and loves to experiment and create something new. As a migraine sufferer, Carole learned in her early 30’s that her migraines were caused by food additives such as MSG, sulfites and nitrates. Learning this made Carole understand that to avoid her migraines, she would need to eat less processed foods. And, shockingly, Carole learned that many, many restaurants do not make their food from scratch, but rather utilize pre-made food from food service vendors (foods like salad dressing, sauces and mashed potatoes, for example). This led to her journey of learning to cook delicious recipes using primarily fresh ingredients and lightly processed foods that don’t contain her “triggers” whenever possible. She likes to tell people that she “practices avoidance” in managing her migraines (i.e., avoiding foods that contain her migraine triggers)!

Married to her recipe “tester” husband Charlie for more than 25 years, they live in San Diego County, California and have a very spoiled Snowshoe Siamese cat, a boy named Coco.