At my house, Chapter 2, #1 was: Open can, pour contents into pan
She still thinks of her children as children. Three of us are in our 60's, the other three are in their 50's. Our taste have matured. We may not have matured as much as our taste. We are still a rowdy bunch when we get together.
TastyReuben , LissaC and JASOH1 you all nailed it. The old, family vegetable casserole recipes include canned veggies, canned condensed soup, margarine and Velveeta Processed Cheese Product. My mission is to bring those recipes into the 21st century with fresh or fresh frozen veggies, real butter and sauces made with real cheese.
I have already converted my family from the old school, cloyingly sweet, sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top to a savory sweet potato casserole with a roasted pistachio crumble topping. I think my Mother's feelings were a little hurt.
It's a bit of a sappy cliche, but how about tweak it a bit and say, "From My Heart To Your Table?"
I'm sorry mate, you can choose your friends but not your family. When Mum died (Dad left everything to Mum) her will just said the three of us were do divide her estate equally. Then use your third to help the minor relatives if you wished. The only slight point of contention was their jewelry. My lawyer got a member of his staff to box it in identical boxes. We each picked in turn till we had distributed the lot. We then opened them in his conference room to the Vienna Boys Choir Silent Night my Mums favorite carol.
