This Week: Break out your phone tree, hop on the #mealtrain, 

this week we chat about how to show kindness to those in need through delicious foods!

Because cooking is caring y’all!

Cookin’:

Sara’s breakfast scramble - veggie oil, soon to go off veggies - bell peppers, spinach, mushrooms, eggs - Easy Peasy and delicious!Bookin’:

Parents Need to Eat Too: Nap-Friendly Recipes, One-Handed Meals, and Time-Saving Kitchen Tricks for New Parents, by Debbie Koenig

Being Dead is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral, by Gayden Metcalfe et al.

The Victory Binding of the American Woman’s Cook Book Wartime Edition: with Victory Substitutes and Economical Recipes for Delicious Wartime Meals

Edited by Ruth Berolzheimer, Culinary Arts Institute

Publ. 1944

“Cooking for Invalids”

Recipes are gross, mostly broths, soups, and cooked milk.

Certainly a product of its time in reference to gender roles & heteronormativity, but makes the point that a pretty presentation (“dainty”, “covered with an embroidered cloth or clean napkin”, not overwhelming, with a flower or parsley) can help when someone isn’t feeling well

References:

How to reseason cast Iron Skillets

Dominos free pizza deal

Pho Pho Pho

What the Pho

Jesse’s Coffee Shop - Home of the Brisket Biscuit

Garden & Gun

Grey Gardens Movie, HBO Movie, Wikipedia

1940s House

The Edwardian Country House

Pioneer Woman freezer guide

Sitting shivaMeal Train

Longest Shortest Time Talking to Your Kids about Death episode

Writing Your Grief

Girl Develop It

Wardrobe Oxygen

Get Bullish

Meredith's Helper Guide - this contains a grocery list, a chores list, and places to go in the area to entertain little humans.Some Great Links for those of you who want to help!

Getting Ready for a New Baby

New Baby Taco Box

Pioneer Woman's Guide to Freezer Cooking