my sister gave us the best housewarming gift when we moved into our new home this summer - framed recipe cards handwritten by my grandmother, mom, & my sister too! each recipe is my favorite dish from each person.
my grandmother's recipe is one of her famous christmas candies - peanut butter balls. i can remember eating these bites of delight all through my childhood. we would be sitting in her living room with all of this adult talk & my grandmother would lean over, ever so quietly, & ask if i wanted a candy. yes! of course! it is the most delicious bite goodness. & it's hanging on my kitchen wall.
every birthday for as long as i can remember, my mom & i have the same conversation: she asks what i want to eat for my birthday dinner, & every year, the answer is her homemade lasagna! a couple of years ago, i saw in my baby book that, for my first birthday party, my mom made everyone her lasagna. it's tradition! & it is so incredibly good. the best lasagna in the world.
one of julie & my favorite food memories happened when she was off to college & called me one evening to tell me about the delicious dinner she made for herself. she loved it & wanted to name it, so she told me all of the ingredients she added to her pasta salad. in my oh-so-wonderful teen bop bratty voice, i replied "really yucky pasta salad." & in all of julie's wonderfulness & patience for my bratty self, the name stuck! we made it all the time when we lived together in college & she was teaching me to cook. so "really yucky pasta salad" is our favorite recipe.
& now my three favorite recipes from the three most amazing women in my life are hanging in my kitchen bringing me so much joy each day.
love love,
kjp.
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