Katelyn Reed hopes to one day start a food truck business that makes delicious, golden, melt-in-your-mouth crepes of all different flavors and ingredients.
She's also a senior in English and is a part of ROTC.
"We're taught that army is a lifestyle, but you know, I'd like to see myself being pretty diverse," Reed said. "I'm very interested in cultures and what builds a culture, and I think a lot of times for people, the family of it all is in the food."
The Huntsville native hasn't always been a fan of cooking, however.
"My mom was always into cooking, and I hated cooking when I was younger, basically because of all the dishes," Reed said. "But as I got older, I really got into the culture of cooking. When I got to college, I wasn't poor, but I was definitely living on a budget, so it encouraged me to get creative with what I had."
Reed's father was in the military, and she spent a lot of her time in Germany.
"Crepes are pretty big (in Germany). When we say crepes, we're talking dessert crepes, Texan crepes, Thai crepes, anything and everything."
Reed said she likes to know what is going into her food, and this spurred her decision to cook heathier foods for herself and her friends, which inspired her idea for a crepe food truck.
"I guess the idea for the crepes came from the food trucks craze right now," Reed said.
"Plus, I have a guilty pleasure of watching the Food Network all the time so I thought, well, maybe I could start something off with a food truck, and it's smaller, reasonable portions. If you eat things that you really enjoy and that are made well, you're not going to overeat or feel unsatisfied."
Food trucks are just the first step in Reed's dream, she said she hopes to eventually expand from food trucks to something a little bigger.
"The goal is to eventually have a bed and breakfast, or something like that. Like I said, it really depends on where we go with it, what kind of things succeed, and what part of the business works. So you know, that's why I figured we should pick out a niche - something that we can do easily and quickly, and we can do a lot of variety in."
Reed will be joining the National Guard once she graduates from Auburn.
"The National Guard is pretty much the same as the Army, but it won't be my full time job. I'm actually going out to Fort Huachucha, Ariz., for military intelligence school, and then my unit will be back here in Montgomery."
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