That's this week's theme, whether my folks and siblings are reading or not :)
And now after using the smiley face to pull off the typical, not-so-subtle, passive aggressive Dynes dig, I suppose I'll take a few more seconds to stick it to the rest of the fam further and say thank you Nancy and Karin for your encouraging comments!
The story behind the Dynes Family Cookbook, for those not part of the Dynes clan ...
About 4 years ago, my older sister Rachel asked that we all send her some of our favorite family recipes, and she put her heart and soul into creating a genuine, index and everything, cookbook. Seeing as how there our eight of us Dynes kids, and at the time she put the book together, all but 2 of us were out of the house and married, I'm not just whistling dixie about the numerous recipes and the several hours it took her to create this book.
When the book was compiled, the only relationship I had with the stove was to use it for heating water for mac n cheese and Ramen noodles. Let's just say, I didn't have too many contributions to send her way. I did send some of my husband's recipes, but it wasn't too easy to get proper measurements or instructions from him since he mostly just eyeballs everything and makes it up as he goes.
Fast forward 3 years, when I had Addie and became a stay-at-home mom. I'd say that Keith was pleasantly surprised with the first homemade meal I cooked for him, but he might have also experienced a bit of sheer annoyance upon discovering that throughout our marriage, he had not just been the primary cook, but the only cook- solely bearing the burden of providing dinner for the family every night- and he'd been doing so not because of, as he assumed, my incompetence, but my mere laziness.
I know, I know...I stuck it to him. (Girls if you ever want some advice on how to shirk the responsibility of cooking, just offer to make your boyfriend a homecooked meal and botch it up so badly that he'll decide it's better to always do the cooking rather than risk having to pretend to enjoy an inedible plate of garbage ever again.) At least I'm making it up to him now, ensuring he has a ready to heat and eat, tasty-for-the-most-part meal the minute he walks through the door.
Back to the cookbook. I was finally joining the likeness of my siblings and stepping up to the stove, but by then I was keen to my food sensitivities and relying on Carol's "Quick and Easy Gluten Free" recipes for guidance. The Dynes Family Cookbook continued collecting dust on the shelf.
After a year of trial and error, I'm ready to take on the challenge of modifying the yummy-sounding recipes in the book to accommodate my dietary goals and restrictions.
Of course, this project will be ongoing and couldn't possibly be done in one week- the book has a hundred plus recipes- but I figured it'd be fun to start the trek...
Tonight, I cheated a bit and did one that I've already cooked and posted- Pork and Egg Spaghetti. But I promise, the rest of the week will be all new recipes.
And now after using the smiley face to pull off the typical, not-so-subtle, passive aggressive Dynes dig, I suppose I'll take a few more seconds to stick it to the rest of the fam further and say thank you Nancy and Karin for your encouraging comments!
The story behind the Dynes Family Cookbook, for those not part of the Dynes clan ...
About 4 years ago, my older sister Rachel asked that we all send her some of our favorite family recipes, and she put her heart and soul into creating a genuine, index and everything, cookbook. Seeing as how there our eight of us Dynes kids, and at the time she put the book together, all but 2 of us were out of the house and married, I'm not just whistling dixie about the numerous recipes and the several hours it took her to create this book.
When the book was compiled, the only relationship I had with the stove was to use it for heating water for mac n cheese and Ramen noodles. Let's just say, I didn't have too many contributions to send her way. I did send some of my husband's recipes, but it wasn't too easy to get proper measurements or instructions from him since he mostly just eyeballs everything and makes it up as he goes.
Fast forward 3 years, when I had Addie and became a stay-at-home mom. I'd say that Keith was pleasantly surprised with the first homemade meal I cooked for him, but he might have also experienced a bit of sheer annoyance upon discovering that throughout our marriage, he had not just been the primary cook, but the only cook- solely bearing the burden of providing dinner for the family every night- and he'd been doing so not because of, as he assumed, my incompetence, but my mere laziness.
I know, I know...I stuck it to him. (Girls if you ever want some advice on how to shirk the responsibility of cooking, just offer to make your boyfriend a homecooked meal and botch it up so badly that he'll decide it's better to always do the cooking rather than risk having to pretend to enjoy an inedible plate of garbage ever again.) At least I'm making it up to him now, ensuring he has a ready to heat and eat, tasty-for-the-most-part meal the minute he walks through the door.
Back to the cookbook. I was finally joining the likeness of my siblings and stepping up to the stove, but by then I was keen to my food sensitivities and relying on Carol's "Quick and Easy Gluten Free" recipes for guidance. The Dynes Family Cookbook continued collecting dust on the shelf.
After a year of trial and error, I'm ready to take on the challenge of modifying the yummy-sounding recipes in the book to accommodate my dietary goals and restrictions.
Of course, this project will be ongoing and couldn't possibly be done in one week- the book has a hundred plus recipes- but I figured it'd be fun to start the trek...
Tonight, I cheated a bit and did one that I've already cooked and posted- Pork and Egg Spaghetti. But I promise, the rest of the week will be all new recipes.
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