Wanna see my Cookbook?

I thought I post pictures of my cookbook today… a nice change during this busy Christmas Season.  I made this for my son and dil, Wes and Val last year.  I’m using it now though.  They have to wait til I decide to retire from cooking.  Which could be soon, I think its cheaper to eat out anymore.  This is me with all my favorite foods, Salt, Potato Chips, Hersey’s Chocolate, Choc-Chip Oatmeal cookies and Popcorn.

These are the pages showing my favorite recipes… 

Below is a close-up of Moms Cornbread Recipe and Mine… mine is a Jiffy Mix!  *smile*  Oh how the generations change.  On Moms Mashed Potato Recipe, I had to add a correction… “its so much easier just to heat Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes in the Microwave for 6 minutes, just add a little salt and butter and your good to go.”  Oh, you’d of thought I’d lost it, when Mom read that.  It does make me wonder what the differences will be when Paige is married, she’s only 8.Below is a pic of Me and Mom.  Mom used to be the cook in my grandma’s Cafe, hence the apron and utensils.  Mom was never without her apron, even cookin at home.  Mom eats an apple everyday with her lunch, I choose Hersey’s with mine. I also typed out everyone’s holiday traditions.  I didn’t realize how different they were and how odd that some little thing turned into a holiday tradition.

These next 2 (below) are my favorite Christmas Recipes…  from chocolates, cookies and candies to the Christmas meal.

The photo below will be the traditions of my grandma’s and great grandma’s… I need to locate more photos, that I can’t find anywhere!!!  Then I’ll finish those pages.

The inside back cover is family photo’s.  Photo’s on right:  My first Hersey bar at 6 months of age, Paige my granddaughters Mashed Potatoes at 6 months.  Wes with his 5 lb. Hersey Bar and that photo of the little kid on the right in the hat… thats my son with a dish towel on his head, stirring an empty bowl with a wooden spoon on his Nana’s lap.  lol  Photo’s on left:  Mom, Me and Wes with his bottle, Wes doing his Karate, he’s a 2nd Degree Black Belt, then there’s a pic of his wife, Val and daughters, Gabby and Paige.  Then Steve at the bottom.  I don’t know why Dads not there, I better fix that.

This is the second cookbook I’ve made, the first one was way too small.  This one is actually too small too.  But I so love using it, I go thru every page, everytime I use it.  I love seeing the pictures in my cookbook.  I also added a few blurbs to some of the recipes as to why this is my favorite or just a little funny note of something that happened at a meal the dish was served.  LIke the time I served Fried Rabbit for Easter… that wasn’t the day for that meal.  Thankfully Wes was about 14 or 15 when I did that.  I wanted them to have to read the cookbook, not just think it was a normal everyday cookbook.  I put every page in a thick clear sheet protector, so its safe from my messes, the last one wasn’t as protected as I had thought. 

Well, I hope you enjoyed a tour of my cookbook.  Its not a traditional one, by any means.  As I sit here typing this post, I remember things I didn’t include… sounds like cookbook 3 could be on its way.  I can’t get another page to fit, unless we solder it shut.  lol 

Well, I’m off to string beads for my Christmas Tree and you’ll get to see that on Dec 1st!!!  Which means its nearly Holiday Hop Time!!!  As many as 16 Stampin UP Demonstrators will have lots of fabulous creations to share with you on that day!!! 

Make it a wonderful day!  Hugs,