Jan. 17, 2008
Homemaker-in-Training Thursday--Recipes
Posted in Homemaker-in-Training Thursday
Eyebright is coordinating something new called Homemaker-in-Training Thursday. Each Thursday, participants post about something they are doing to prepare to be a homemaker someday. If you're interested in participating, check out Eyebright's posts here and here.
I'm not always very homemaker-ish. But a while back, I did get motivated to start collecting a few things for a hope chest. For Christmas, I asked for a recipe book. I thought it would be great to collect some of my favorite recipes that Mom makes around our house in a book to take with me someday. And lo and behold, I got this.
A recipe book and a lovely set of recipe cards. And...a look at the inside.
I then scoured all of Mom's recipes and demanded that various and sundry members of my family help me copy down recipes. I found quite a few, so we're still working on copying. For fun, I'm trying to have family members copy out their own "specialties".
So...what about all those killer recipes of your Mom's that you're going to want when you have your own house? Seems to me that now would be a grand time to start collecting them. They don't have to be in a fancy recipe book--you could start you collection on index cards and store them in a box.
Speaking of killer recipes, here's one of my favorite main dishes at our house.
Swiss Chicken
Boneless chicken breasts (skinned)
Swiss cheese (sliced or grated)
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1/3 cup milk
1 c. Pepperidge Farm stuffing
1/4 c. melted butter or margarine
Place chicken breasts in bottom of greased 9x13 pan (any amount that fits). Layer swiss cheese over chicken. Mix cream of chicken soup with milk and pour over chicken. Top with 1 cup or more stuffing. Drizzle butter or margarine over stuffing. Bake at 350 for 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
Comments
Jan. 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Eyebright
That is a really good idea. I actually kind of got a recipe box for Christmas. The only problem is that a normal sized index card is 1/4 inch to tall for it. You can still close the lid, but you can't see the dividers!
I will have to get shorter index cards.
Recipes are definitely mandetory for when we have our own households.
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Jan. 17, 2008 - Library Job
Posted by Eyebright
Actually my library is pretty big. Not necessarily area-wise, but we have a lot of patrons, and a lot of programs for the patrons.
The position I am applying for is called a Library Assistant 1. The shelve books, movies, and audio materials. I think they are kind of Library guinea pigs. I could be wrong though.
This job is part time, like yours. I would be working for 10 hours a week.
Thanks for your prayers.
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Jan. 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Lyric
ROFL! So you really do love and hate yourself! That's terrible! :-/
I hope that next week I can join you all with the homemaking Thursdays. *begins thinking up topic*...
~Jen
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Jan. 17, 2008 - mmmm...
Posted by guardedmodesty
That chicken sounds delish. I started a hope chest too, I've got some old dishes of my grandma's and my great aunt gave me a mixer for some odd reason. Cool though. I've put in some letters for my future husband as well. I'll have to start working on the recipes, though. You've motivated me. :)
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Jan. 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by fiddlesticks
I also have a recipe book with recipes from family and friends. Its really neat to look through all the recipes that people have hand-written out for me!
I do need to put together some of my mom's recipes though...good reminder...I have been wanting to do that!
~Hadley
Edited by fiddlesticks on Jan. 17, 2008 at 10:24 PM
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Jan. 23, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Bluejane
Hello,
I just wanted to drop by and let you know that I tagged you!
You should like this one, it's a book tag.
Out of the Blue
Bluejane
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Jan. 23, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Earthling
Family recipes are truly the best! I keep meaning to copy all of my mom's, aunts, and grandmother's....
No, actually those pics are new. I'm glad you like them! :)
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