“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon
or not at all.”
While it may seem a stretch to put a recipe on a site about separation and divorce, I make the connection.
For me cooking for my children and having them walk into a house with a good smell- something homemade ready for them- a homemade soup after school, a banana bread or a roast chicken and mash potatoes dinner -has always felt like an expression of love and comfort .
When I first separated this was even more important- comfort came from good warm food made with love. It is always surprising how far these simple things go.
Food is something I am passionate about – I like to think about it, talk about it and participate in it. I remember eating melba toast once on a diet 20 years ago and thinking- this tastes like death.
This sums it up pretty well
“I’ve been on a diet for two weeks and all I’ve lost is two weeks. “
Totie Fields
but -at the same time if you want to avoid dieting-
“Never eat more than you can lift.”
Miss Piggy
This is something I have now made for almost everyone I care about. It is like a big pancake- it is simple and yummy and fresh -my three requisites for cooking/eating. I have made it for 2, 4, 8 and 12 people (this one serves 4). -Enjoy.
dutch babies
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
oven 425F
throw a hunk of butter into an ovenproof dish and pop in oven while it is preheating to melt it.
mix all ingredients in bowl
pour into ovenproof dish
bake 20-25 minutes
dust with icing sugar, cut , serve with berries and maple syrup.
As Julia Child said you don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients.
Want another easy recipe for a crowd of kids? click here for SMORES done in the oven. Big messy hit at art camp