New year, old recipes

At my wedding shower in 2001, the lovely women brought favorite recipes to give to me.  Over Christmas break I was looking at them and decided that one of my New Year's resolutions would be to make all of them this year.

It has been so fun to do!  I love seeing their handwriting and their notes for helping make it turn out the best.  I also love thinking about all of them - those that I see all the time, and those that I miss.

This is also my family's favorite resolution I've ever made.  I'm a make-dinner-every-night-we're-home person anyway, but we're all just having fun with it.  First time I've stuffed manicotti (boys did it too), and purchased Worcestershire sauce. My kids eat a lot, so this works well for all of us!

Enjoy!  Here's January - 

Chocolate Crunch Bars, Mary Ellen Pung

Big hit.  I mean, if you put peanut butter and chocolate on anything, how can you go wrong?

 

Applesauce pancakes, Tracy Anderson

I have a griddle as of Christmas (thanks, mom!) and I love it.  I've made pancakes more in the last month than I have my entire life.  (If you're wondering, that is four times.)

Easy Taco Casserole, Mary Kingsbury

I miss Mary.  She also had three sons, and she always talked about how they took good care of her.  She knows what they like to eat!  This was gone in minutes.

Buttermilk Pancakes, Holly Phinney

Everyone loved these.  The boys said they were "like a restaurant."

Frank Oz's Glop, Moriah Newman

Great name, great taste!

Yoda Soda, Moriah Newman

The boys made these for days afterward, and then we bought more limes to make more!

                                         

 Mexican Chicken Manicotti, Bev Davis

Why haven't I been making this all my life?

Peanut Butter Cookies, Louise Ferguson

We had a couple extra boys over, and everyone ate them in about two seconds.

Meatballs, Lisa Warnke

I had to ask on Facebook whose handwriting this was, and Lisa's niece quickly identified her!

I'm already looking forward to February!