I'm not a chef - not even close! I make the same things in rotation all the time. I enjoy baking more than I do cooking a meal. But I do love looking at cookbooks. There is something almost therapeutic about it.
There are websites that I love such as www.thepioneerwoman.com She is an awesome cook with great, easy to follow recipes. I also find a lot of recipes via blogs.
But there is something about holding a cookbook in your hand. I especially love church cookbooks. Those tend to have tried and true recipes that are good for families.
Here are some of the ones I turn to over and over:
The Pioneer Woman Cooks by Ree Drummond
Southern Plate - Christy Jordan
Southern Generations - printed by the Junior Auxiillary of Starkville, Mississippi
Betty Crocker Cookbook
past issues of Southern Living magazines
and 2 cookbooks that have long ago lost their covers.
One was a gift from my mother-in-law which she had bought from First Church of the Open Bible and the other is Life After Pizza which has one of my favorite dessert recipes pictured below. You can see how used this recipe has been by the chocolate pudding splatters across the page.
Oh my, this is good stuff.
Also, in case you might be interested, this is my recipe organizing system.
I know, pretty impressive, right? But I can generally find what I'm looking for. One of these days I will get to organizing it. Probably after the kids are grown and then I'll be too sentimental to change anything.
What about you? What are your favorite cookbooks? Do you feel like yours are old friends?
Happy Spring!
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