We’ve all
got them. They take up space, collect dust and stack up higher and higher. Yes, I love all my cookbooks but why do I
never use them? For my bridal shower all
the guests brought a recipe card with one of their favorite recipes. So in
addition to all my cookbooks I have the recipe card box overflowing with
wonderful recipes too. I have my staples
that I make frequently, some special treats that I pull out from time to time
and the standard dips I make when going to friend’s house or have company
over.
Recently my
family was invited to a dinner party and I was requested to bring the
appetizer. I felt like mixing it up a
bit. Instead of surfing the web to find
some recipe, I decided to sit at my kitchen table and look through my cookbooks
and recipe cards. I was amazed at all
the fabulous recipes at my fingertips.
Page after page I saw more recipes that sounded delicious and were easy
and straight forward. I narrowed it down to two that seemed perfect for the
occasion and prepared them to my best ability.
At the dinner party I was playing with the kids on the swing set when I
came around to hear Tom tell Joe that I had made the dip and that you couldn’t
just buy it in the store. Apparently it
was a success. It was devoured and I
went home with an empty bowl.
Two weeks
later, I offered to make the dip for Andrew’s birthday party. Katie R. gladly
accepted because she had enough crap to do herself between the party, her
family in town and her house still under construction. It seemed to be another success and requests
have come in for the recipe.
What
inspired me to write about the dip is not to brag about my fabulous cooking
skills but to encourage anyone to grab one of the many cookbooks that may be
sitting on a shelf and try something in it.
Maybe I’ll write about my next successful recipe or huge catastrophe.
Stayed tuned to see!
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