Sometimes I feel like an Iron Chef, going into my own kitchen stadium to prepare tonight’s “Battle Family Dinner” without the faintest clue about what I’m going to make.  Somehow I always manage to best express the unique qualities of some secret theme ingredients in less than 60 minutes that satisfy the family palate and win the Battle Family Dinner with points to spare.

I certainly don’t have a master kitchen of over 500 ingredients that The Chairman funds, or a gourmet cupboard that is previewed by my Challengers (hey, if YOU wanna be Iron Chef Matilda tonight and do Battle Family Dinner, the job is yours).

It’s not that I dislike cooking family dinners. I do like to cook. It’s that I sometimes run out of gas thinking about what to make for the family dinner, when to shop, who’s going to like what, blah blah blah. Battle Family Dinner can be a battle of your own imagination.

So my secret weapon is my family cookbook. I can pause a moment and get inspired by family members with similar tastes. I can thumb through the family cookbook and get motivated by a different family member’s view of the same old same old. I can escape the pressure of “performing” for a moment, at least long enough to focus on what can be on tonight’s Battle Family Dinner menu.

Battle Family Dinner is why making a family cookbook is so important. It is a dear friend, ready to assist you in a moment of uncertainty. Ready to mask your weakness and indecisiveness in moving forward with Battle Family Dinner plans. Your family cookbook can help keep you on course for more creative options than “adding ketchup.”

When your inner Iron Chef and your cupboard staples need inspiration, pull out the family cookbook you made and be inspired. Just no fish guts ice cream, please.

Happy cookbooking,

Matilda

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