I love this hutch. It’s not super fancy, but it holds some of my favorite things: my cookbooks. Of course, if you look closely, you’ll see my apron (which I don’t always remember to wear, but I absolutely ADORE…thanks Brite!), our nod to our beloved FSU ‘Noles, a jar of lifesavers for the “I’m hungry, mom…but dinner is 5 minutes away moments”, pie tins ready to make something delish, baskets to deliver with, bug spray and Benadryl (mosquitos love us!), and a left-over mustache from Halloween.
I have a lot of cookbooks and at some point I’ve used them all. I think. But it seems I have my “old standbys” that I always go back to. And maybe I should just remove some and de-clutter a bit, but I can’t bring myself to do it.
These three are my most solidly used books. The folder is a collection of friend’s and family recipes over the years. I had a separate one for desserts and sadly one Christmas shopping trip to Publix it was left in the cart with no one turning it in. BOY, did they SCORE!! The green and white book is a smaller collection of F&F recipes from when I started putting them on cards and they became too overwhelmed by the volume, however, I add all the Publix Apron meals cards in there. And my Tallahassee, Junior League“Thymes Remembered” has some standard recipes and family faves that I practically know by heart.
My apron. Still has some dough from last week’s Pioneer Woman cinnamon rolls. Still have some in the freezer. Yum! Soon to be sporting some Peanut butter from our holiday tradition of making “Buckeyes“ for my friend’s Annual Cookie Exchange.
I may not have a cooking blog site, or show on Food Network, however, I love cooking. I love cooking for my family and my friends. It brings our family together at dinner most nights of the week so we can share our day and our “Hi’s and Lo’s”. It might keep me fluffier than I prefer, but I absolutely love trying new things and filling their tummies with love. Baking is the best, but sadly just not enough nutrition to fully sustain us, so I try my best to keep it to a minimum, but ‘TIS THE SEASON, BABY, so watch out!!
One of the way to their hearts is through their stomachs and I am happy to oblige and love on my family!
making the trek 
I had that same “Light and Easy” notebook back in the day. WAY back. 🙂 I didn’t know you loved to cook. So glad you like and use your apron! And my mother-in-law impressed on me very early that cooking needed to be one of the biggest ways I showed my family I loved them. I am grateful that has not been too much of a struggle, since I also really enjoy being in the kitchen. On a (sort of) related note, a friend of mine said that kids might not always remember the fun activities you did with them (despite all the time and planning that often goes into that), but we all seem to associate happy memories with smells. So favorite foods tend to bring up all those great memories of family times- hope you have lots of those during the holidays!
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Oh, I DO love to cook, just wish I had more time!
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