Make It A Cooking Co-Op New Year

Two thoughts here at the end of the year. For my Christmas Day meal, I used new recipes from 2 of my fellow co-opper's and made full throttle lasagna and vegetarian lasagna. It took time to assemble all the pieces but it was so worth it. The real joy was sitting around a candlelit dining room table enjoying my family with conversation and laughs. Desert was special as we also celebrated my 2nd daughter's 21st birthday! Keep the joy of celebration, candlelight, and conversation going throughout the year with family meals- cooking co-op can help get those meals on the table. At church yesterday, a single mom shared how excited she was to at age 27 have made her first pie- so proud she put a picture of her pie on her face book. As we begin a new year, my resolve is to continue to encourage and help unlock the how to's of planning and cooking meals. Many in our midst have not learned the joys of cooking. So let's band together, teach cooking classes in our neighborhood, offices, churches to create a better community. And cooking co-op is one way to put spurs on a New Year's Resolution to have less stress and save money by eating dinner in your own home. Write down this goal- make it happen!