What recipes do you know by heart? You know, the recipes you pull out of your soul when you cook on auto pilot; the recipes that a special loved one made for you once upon a time and now you make them for the people you love?
Recipes You Know by Heart
By Gina 2025- www.AtHomeMyWay.blogspotcom
What recipes do you know by heart,
made from memory each time you start?
Where recipe books sit packed away
and stains adorn them where they stay.
Where biscuit bowls sit and wait
for sifts of flour and sleepers late.
Where sizzling butter becomes pancakes fluffy
and tummies become happy stuffy
Where muffins don't need a mix
and frosting needs no special tricks.
Where warm chocolate pudding doesn't need a box
and ice cream churns in icy salt rocks
So many "Spaghetti Sundays" through the years
for celebrations, hugs or tears
Simmered slow by moms and grannies
And bread to swipe all the crooks and crannies
They are the meals that families remember
and inlaws soon admit surrender
the comfort food that grandmas made
before minds and bodies began to fade.
It's rice and beans when money is tight
and soup or chili on a cold winter night.
Mama makes her own mac and cheese
That tops the blue box, yes indeed
These are the meals that remind you of home
and take you there even when you're alone
Bridging present to the past, they are a secret sign
That shared meals connect hearts, yours and mine
Recipes I know by Heart
Breads/Breakfast
3. French Toast
4. Plain Muffins (add-ins of your choice)
5. Granola
6. Cornbread
7. Garlic Bread (will share soon)
Meals:
10. Parmesan Chicken
12. Oven / Crockpot BBQ Chicken (just chicken w/ bbq sauce)
15. Hobo Packets
Sides:
16. Pot of (Dried) Beans
17. Rice - Plain, Spanish
19. Homemade Mac & Cheese
20. Pepper Gravy (butter/flour/milk/salt & pepper) (recipe coming soon)
Desserts:
21. Homemade Frosting (Chocolate / Vanilla)
25. Fruit Dip
26. Whipped Cream
Snacks / Miscellaneous:
28. Cinnamon Toast
29. Grilled Cheese
As a young mom, I was once invited to a friend's farm for an imprompu birthday celebration. After I got there and our kids were playing, she led me to the kitchen where she was taking the birthday cake out of the oven. She quickly mixed up some chocolate frosting without a recipe. She added a little butter, some cocoa, powdered sugar and then created the right texture by adding less or more milk and a drizzle of vanilla. I was stunned! I had never really paid attention to my mom doing this although I know she must have. Its funny the little things that make us who we are today. THIS was the thing I wanted for my own family. I wanted to be the kind of cook who could mix up frosting for cakes or graham crackers without a mix, the kind of cook who could feed her family without measuring spoons and extra dishes. A birthday party without stress, even. THIS was incredible! Now - nearly 35+ years later, I have a few of these "recipes" up my sleeve. I was surprised at the number of things I make without a recipe. I guess after 40+ years of cooking, I SHOULD be able to cook without a recipe. I always say that if you want to do something well, do it alot. The rest will fall into place.
Do you have recipes you know by heart? Please share if you have the time -and if you don't mind my silly rhyme 😍:
Enjoy!
Gina
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