Recipes

Ok, I'm going to try and get back to my blogging although I see I'm not the only one who hasn't posted recently :)

Today I'm thankful for recipes. The dishes the cards represent bring me back to certain events in my life, certain people I can know longer hold, and they create new memories for my family. I love making my Grandmas or my Moms dishes and holding that hand written index card that they also held. I like recreating the dishes that they loved and when I look at the final dish, thinking "wow, Grandma would be proud" or possibly "I wish I could call Grandma and ask her how I can make the crust flakier or if I can use margarine instead of butter".

And I like to try new recipes. Ones I rip out of magazines or get from friends. They allow me to experiment, to be creative, and to help my family try new things.

Today I'm hoping to receive a recipe from Brent's aunt. I want to add his favorite dish from his Thanksgivings in New Albany to my Mom's Thanksgiving table. I want my kids to eat it, hopefully like it, and when they get old enough to have their own Thanksgiving dinners, I hope they choose to add it to their celebrations.