Thursday, August 23, 2012

I'm Rich!

I’m Rich!

I’ve got a great big three ring binder full of recipes. I’ve got a great big tall stack of cookbooks. I’ve got a shelf of cookbooks. I’ve got two full recipe boxes and another box started. I’ve got loose recipes in a drawer waiting to be filed in a box or binder. I’ve got recipe pamphlets in the same drawer. I’ve got recipes on my blog. Did I mention that I’ve got recipes?

As I look about me, I realize a couple of things. First, even though I’m surrounded by recipes, I tend to prepare the same meals over and over. Second, I’ve got more recipes surrounding me than I could prepare in a lifetime.  Let's not even talk about Pinterest!

I was looking through my big binder for a recipe to share with you all. I found that most of the recipes in my binder are ones that I’ve collected off the internet or from friends. Most of the recipes are untried. Now, if I’ve had this binder for two or three years, and I haven’t tried most of the recipes yet, why am I keeping them?

Does it make one a good cook to have lots of recipes? Does it make one a good homemaker to have lots of cleaners, recipes for cleaners or books about cleaning? Does it make one a good mother to have lots of books about child rearing? Does it make one a good Christian to have lots of Bibles and Christian books?

I think not. I think that there are many areas in our lives wherein we do not see the clutter. The truth is, I can go through my recipes and just keep my favorites and a few that I’m sure I want to try. I can go through my cookbooks and save my favorites and just write off the ones I like from the books I want to discard. The same holds true for other things in my life as well.

What about you? Are there things in your life that you are holding onto just in case? Are they things you really need? Really want? Are there things that are just clutter?

Now, I really cannot write all of this without sharing a nice salsa that you can make during the winter that is just delicious.


Kitchen Cupboard Salsa
1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes
1 medium diced onion (I prefer sweet.)
1 small can of chopped green chiles
1 T sugar
1 T dried parsley
½ t freshly ground pepper
½ t salt
½ t ground cumin
½ t garlic powder
Stir all this together in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for an hour.

Laura
Recipe Rich

Happy at Home

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*This was originally shared on Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage.


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3 comments:

  1. Recipe Rich Laura,

    So true...you know what is says about Pinterest...."I go to Pinterest to dress children that don't exist, plan a wedding I'll never have, decorate a dream house I don't own......" And I could add....be the gourmet cook that I'm not. :)

    But....it is nice to have it pinned and waiting there if we so desire, right? I actually have made several things from my Pinterest recipe board. though.

    And that's America too....hanging on to things just in case. I really do need to simplify alot of things in my life.

    Great post.

    Blessings,
    Tammy

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  2. I've got to try this recipe!
    Thanks for sharing :-)

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  3. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do, Kath.

    Happy new year.

    Laura

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