French Onion Soup On a Snowy Day...

Seems we are having alot of snowy days so far this winter - supposedly a record high for snow fall in the Northeast.  Lucky us - Florida seems better each and every day!  But in the meantime, I might as well just continue to cook to find recipes that warm the body and the soul. Nothing better than a great French Onion Soup topped with Gruyere Cheese.  So simple to make French Onion Soup - and most think it is difficult. If you want my recipe just let me know and I will send it your way. The key to easy cooking- is to make sure you plan ahead and have all the ingredients in your home.  I do my food shopping every sunday morning - since we eat dinner home Sunday-Thursday - I pre-plan what we will have each night and make sure all ingredients are in my grocery cart on Sunday when I shop. Very Simple - try it!

Food and Legacy...

I can start by saying the most enjoyment I get - I get in my kitchen! I enjoy it because it makes everyone else around me happy.  Food is all about family - it helps to keep the family connected.  Food is also of course about friends - friends always enjoy knowing and being around a good cook even if they do not enjoy cooking themselves.  I have always enjoyed creating something fabulous to eat in the kitchen - since my early days of marriage. My husband will tell you he is the luckiest man on earth - he would almost always walk in to a house full of delicious smells and a wonderfully satisfying dinner on the table. Except the years that I did alot of traveling for my business - I still made sure there was good food in the refrig. Many times I would spend my weekends premaking special dinners - before leaving for a business trip - the thought of the family eating fast food was never an option. Legacy and cooking go hand in hand because the fondest memories I have are those as a child eating special meals with the family. Besides the fact the we have recipes that are handed down from generation to generation. Recently my daughter, who has decided her career will be something in the world of food - asked for all my best recipes. I printed up all those recipes and put them in a nice binder each page in a clear sleeve so when cooking those paper pages do not get dirty.  This is something she will enjoy and have for her lifetime of cooking.  Both my children are excellent cooks in the kitchen - they can create and prepare great meals which will someday be satisfying for their own families. How special is that? A week does not go by that I do not come home from work and immediately turn on the Food Network - I get a new recipe to make every week from either Food Network or Cooking Channel.  After many years of refining my cooking - I now look for simple recipes. My rule of thumb - if the recipe is longer than one page - Skip it! I can also tell by watching food network recipes which flavors really do mesh for my families taste. I usually do make one dessert weekly - I always try something new - a new recipe that I found in one of my food magazines.  If it's great - it makes it too my personal binder in a clear sleeve - if not, out it goes! So little time and too many great recipes then to try to save one that is less that perfect! After all someday maybe I will have grandchildren and I would only want them to eat a PERFECT mouthful from grandma's legacy of recipes:)