Recently, I've been feeling the need to do "something" with myself that involves a little communication and/or self-expression. The other day, while doing the dishes, it hit me. They were staring me in the face. On the window sill, above my sink, are two old metal recipe boxes. One of these I got from my mother, who got it from her mother-in-law (my grandmother). The other used to be my great-grandmother's, on my mom's side. They are full of recipes, which in full honestly, I have never really looked through.

I picked up my phone and sent a text to my BFF. "Hey, I've been thinking about food blogging." I won't subject you the conversation that followed, but after a back-and-forth exchange about food, family, and how we just really need to be rich and famous and have a lot of money to do anything we want, it ended with her saying, "But seriously, it's time consuming. And you think you have time?"

The answer to that question is NO. I do not have time. I work full-time. I have a side business. I have several volunteer things that I am involved in. There is always my family that, as selfish as they are, seem to demand my attention on a regular basis. And don't even get me started on my friends. They are so needy. Wait, maybe it's me that's needy. Whatever. Needy takes time - don't judge me. Plus I DO like to sleep. I don't have time.

But I want to. Have you ever heard of Pioneer Woman? Stop what you are doing right now. First, promise me you will come back. Because once you move on to Pioneer Woman, you may never return.  Promise? Okay. Now go here.   http://thepioneerwoman.com/

Did you come back? I hope you came back. Anyway, did you SEE all the stuff she does? I have a theory that Ree Drummond is actually like ten different people. She amazes me. But if she can do what she does, surely I can add a tiny little food blog to my repertoire.

So, here is my plan. I'm going to crack open those recipe boxes. We are going to see what sort of recipes are hiding in there, and we are going to test them out. The bestest recipe ever in the whole wide world could be waiting in there! I will do my best to share, to take pictures, and spread the joy of whatever discoveries we make. Along the way, I think we're all going to learn a little something about food, about family, and about what makes grandmother's so awesome. Someday I want to be an awesome grandmother. Not too soon though. My daughter is only sixteen so we have some time.

Honestly, there are a couple of recipes that I do hope are in there. My Nana, my father's mother, made this creamed peas and onion dish every holiday. I loved that dish. I don't know why. I have yet to find anything even close. Other dishes that I remember from my grandparent's house - popovers, Johnny Cakes, and pesto. My grandmother's pesto. She would make these great batches of pesto and we would sit there and scoop it up with crispy Stella Doro breadsticks. Yummy. 

Stay tuned. Who knows what grand experiences this will lead us into. Let the adventure begin.