Calling All Recipes!

Let's face it folks, I am not a super mom - not even close!  I can't sew, I seriously struggle in the kitchen, and until recently I have never made a craft outside of girl's camp.  My mother, on the other hand, can do all of those things (and more!) beautifully.  I don't know how I never learned from her impressive arsenal of homemaking skills and for that I must offer her a sincere apology for not being more interested or invested in learning from her valuable talents.   

However, since Daphne was born and I have been home, I have been attempting to nurture my "domestic goddess" within.  I know it will not happen overnight, so I have been trying to make small, realistic baby steps to becoming a better cook first and foremost.  Starting in August, I have been trying to do one new recipe a week.  It has been surprisingly fun and a lot easier than I had anticipated.  I was always so intimidated at trying new things and I was embarrassed by my inexperience (when I first married Burke, I had never even browned meat! ah!).  It's been exciting to realize that if you can follow the directions on a recipe, you really can cook quite a vast variety of meals.  I have made the very easy, but yummy, Spaghetti Pie (HERE) from Bits Of Everything, Classic Chili (HERE) at Leesh & Lu's Recipe Box, and our most recent LOVE was Cambodian Coconut Chicken Curry (HERE) as posted by my sister Chelsea.  Though, truthfully, I only bought the ingredients for the curry as I had to feed a hungry baby while Burke made the actual dish.  It was DELISH Chels.  Burke said he could happily eat that one every two weeks!

All of this to say, I NEED your recipes!  This is an official call for one simple thing - the recipe for your FAVORITE meal!  I would love to start posting my attempts in the kitchen and the recipes you all suggest.  You can post them here or email them to emilyabush{@}gmail{.}com.  I'm excited to see what you folks eat at your house!