Do You Ever Get in the Mood?

To cook that is!!  Jeeze, your dirty minds!!  hee hee.


Today I was in the mood to cook.  I literally cooked the day away. And because I was so into it, I decided to use the time wisely by preparing some of our meals for the week instead of cooking all kinds of things I want to eat and then eating them and then, well, you get the picture. 


My new found favorite is this Better Homes and Gardens cookbook.  I can even remember when I purchased it.  It has to be seven or so years ago.  I bought it at a local bookstore which was closing it's doors when J was still a wee baby.  

I used it once and didn't like the meal at all.  It lacked flavor and because of that it has sat on my shelf for ages.  I recently asked my sister how she makes her spaghetti sauce and she was explaining it to me when she stopped and said "I use that cookbook you have there."  OH!  I guess I'll have to give it another try.  I made the same recipe for sauce as my sister and it was delicious.  Since then I have used it at least once a week for one of our dinners or a dessert.

Today I made:

• Quiche with sauteed mushrooms, onion, and some chopped artichokes (put in the freezer for another week)

• Spaghetti Sauce Italiano ( a different sauce then the first)

• Scrambled Egg Pizza (with bacon, mushrooms, zucchini and mozzarella cheese) 

• Brownie Pudding  (a recipe from a 1944 Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, which they included in the cookbook)

And not from the cookbook, but also made today, roasted veggies.  My new favorite.  I eat them on rice, on pita pizzas for lunch, in scrambled eggs or anything else I can think of.  LOVE roasted veggies.  So good.

I have also made:

• Tortilla-Black Bean Casserole

• Crunchy Catfish

• BBQ Burgers

• Spaghetti Sauce 

So here I am in love with a cookbook that feels new to me, even though it has sat on my shelf for the past 7 years.  I'm glad I took another chance on this one.

Do you have a go-to cookbook, a favorite?