Some people have called me crazy. Okay, many people have called me crazy. But, if my life is crazy – crazy is oh so good! I am the very proud mother of six amazing children (28, 27, 18, 16, 8 and 6) have the pleasure of two more children married into our family (30 and 27) and the ecstatic grandmother of four precious little ones (5, 4, 2 and 6 months) and one on the way! 1My husband and I have been so blessed with all of the love and excitement that so many children bring to our lives. I love to spend time with my family whether we are digging in the garden, going to marching band competitions, seeing a play, worshiping on Sunday mornings or cooking a great meal together. I love anything that allows for creativity in my life and I have found that cooking really does it for me. Not only does cooking allow me to provide for the physical hunger of my family, but we have so much fun preparing delicious meals and then sitting down together to enjoy them. We invent new recipes, create themes around them, explore new foods and flavors and then share them with everyone we know.
It seems the best times of our lives are spent together in the kitchen. Homework, packing school lunches, sipping tea in the afternoon, zooming cars on the smooth cool floor, preserving the bounty of our garden, preparing healthful meals and eating them, too. My kitchen is certainly the heart of our home and I hope some of my ideas and recipes will help your kitchen to be such integral and enjoyable part of your home also.
The video below shows a few minutes in my busy kitchen:
