A Recipe for Disaster

Or a fun family favorite.

Some days it hard to tell.

I once read a book called ‘A Homemade Life’ by Molly Wiesenberg. It became my favorite cookbook.

Several recipes from this book became repeat family favorites.

Molly’s ratatouille is the best one I’ve had. Her recipes are all explained very well, with easy to follow instructions. In her book she tells stories from her life and how each dish fits into it.

Her soup recipe from a kind neighbor, is well loved by many. It’s famous on the internet. You can easily google and find it. It’s called Ed Fratwell soup after the neighbor. When I make it, I always use way less beans and mine is more soup, less thick, than when my friend makes it. (she’s a better direction follower than I am) Both are delicious. My daughter in law’s version is also delicious.

Probably my favorite recipe from the book is called ‘The Winning Hearts and Minds cake’ it’s so delicious and so easy. You can easily make it with almond flour if you are trying to avoid gluten. My kids could make this with very limited help from me.

Even so, as it turns out, it doesn’t win over everyone.

Well

maybe everyone who likes chocolate.

And cake.

Since everyone grew up, we now have family members who don’t like chocolate and others who don’t like cake. There was a time that I couldn’t even imagine such a thing.

Life surprises me. What can I say.

So we can’t win. Lily made her own chocolate cake which rivaled that one. With only chocolate-loving-cake-likers present, hers won over that crowd.

Time. Wait long enough and everything changes,