Rainy Night Thursday

Have I mentioned that I love the rain? It is just so great to be sitting and listening to thunder and watch the lighning. It always makes me want to get in the kitchen and bake something. It was a busy but great week. I was able to cook until my little heart was content. I cooked for 25 ladies on Tues, cooked a meal for Randy’s parents and a family in our Sunday School class and will make dessert for some friends coming over tomorrow night. This week I have had probably 15 people ask me if I have seen the Julia/Julia movie because when they saw it, they thought of me, which I considered a great compliment. Not that I cook like Julie Child, but cooking is such a favorite passion of mine. I think I would be happy if I could stay home 3 or 4 days ever week and do nothing but cook. But life has to go on and right now, there are many things to do, so I cook when I am given the time. The potato recipe that I wrote today was one dish I served to the ladies on Tues and many of them wanted the recipe so thought it would be fun to put it on here. You will find it under appitizers/sides, until I figure out how to add another category to the list,ha.  We are leaving for Italy in a couple of days, so hopefully I will learn several new dishes while we are there. We are meeting friends and will explore places which we have never been. Since I have been painting, it will be fun to see the different type of pictures we will take. Hopefully I have learned a little from my cousin, Marion, on how to take pictures I might want to paint. Enjoy your Labor Day and will write when I get back!