Yes, Please

If you're anything like me your house is full of things you keep as a result of those "when I have time" moments. Because I tell myself that tomorrow or the next day, or the day after that I will have time to do X activity, I keep things like: books that I never read, "learn how to knit" kits, sheet music for piano, unwrapped holiday decorations, blank canvases, vintage cameras, and clothes and shoes that don't fit that I swear I'm going to give to a friend one of these days....

If you are "family" enough to be invited into our home on the days when all these items are in plain view (i.e. when our house is a mess), you will surely find among them one of my most prized possessions--my cooking magazines. I believe that my love for cooking and cooking magazines is hereditary. You see, my mother and grandmother both have substantial cooking magazine collections in their homes. My mom even subscribed me to some of her favorite magazines as soon as she found out I was getting married!

I love having at my fingertips recipes that have been tried and tested and that satisfy my cravings for salty, creamy, spicy, fresh, sweet, and flavorful food. My favorite thing about getting a new magazine in the mail each month is that I never have to eat the same thing twice. Do Matt and I have dishes that we love to eat on a regular basis? Sure, but rarely do I make the same thing twice within a two or three week period. Do I mess up recipes because I'm always trying something new? You bet, haha! That's all just part of the fun.

While all the other junk scattered around our house might lie there collecting dust, my cooking magazines will not. They are precious to me ;).

More cooking magazines, you say? Yes, please!