tried and true recipes

A few weeks ago Zach texted me asking for some of his favorite recipes. I was going to send them in an e-mail, but why do that when I could start my boy off with his very own little recipe book. And because the recipe book is bound by book binder rings, I can send him recipes in the 6x4 size with the holes already punched and he can add them to his book.

This same mini book is available in the shop in green, red and blue {but there's only one blue left}. Inside the kraft bag cover page, I'll be inserting the date journaling spot that comes with the kit. And because I don't like spelling out each measurement, I provided a table for Zach on the inside front cover.

He loves Mama's meat-a-balls! The recipe is a slight variation from Giada's recipe and I now bake mine instead of frying on the stove top like I used to. Because I double the recipe, there are around 120 meatballs. I usually end up freezing enough for two meals and we make two meals from the leftovers. Once as Spaghetti & Meatballs and then once as Meatball Subs.

Super recipe from Pioneer Woman for the Chocolate Lover!

Zach and I love this recipe and has asked for it to be his birthday cake every year since I found the recipe from our local newspaper years ago when I was still a working Mom.

Zach didn't ask for this recipe, but I seem to recall the he liked it and he now bakes biscuits {Gordon's the biscuit make in our family...mine are a little tough} so this should be a perfect fit for his weekend morning lineup.

This page comes as is in the kits, a die cut shape stitched on my Mom's vintage Singer sewing machine. The recipe has been with me since 1984 when I copied it from my Mom's collection...she got it from our across the street neighbor. We ALL love these.

A simple thing, to make Iced Tea, but you have to get the sugar ratio just right! All the extras {seen in the first photo} I used in this recipe mini book come with the kit. Well, everything but the sticky notes and pen, that is. Okay, you have to provide your own recipes, too!

Made with Love for my Baby by his Mama. See, not tooooo embarrassing since I didn't actually embellish the pages. I'll never know if he chucks it all and just adds the recipes to Evernote on his iPhone or not, but it was fun anyway.

I am 110% sure that the kid rolled his eyes and snickered when he opened the package to find the recipes he had been asking for were in mini book format. I'm okay with that, because he's used to me doing mini books for him. I have been told by him on many occasion that I quite often say things that embarrass him in front of his friends and I don't have a clue what he's talking about. Anyway, it's just one more way my boy knows that I love him.