Family time and our favorite risotto recipe ~
Cooking and eating great food is a huge part of our everyday life, as well as our traveling experiences. While on a trip, we have fun searching for terrific local cuisine, I take foodie walking tours and attend a cooking classes and while at home, cook for our family or just for Craig and I in the Empty Nest.
About five years ago, I carefully assembled all of our family’s favorite dishes and created a cookbook, Recipes From Your Childhood. I self published through Blurb.com and really enjoyed the experience!
What I loved most was being able to give our children recipes to meals that they loved as children and this allowed them to revisit many wonderful childhood memories. For this labor of love, I tested every recipe and photographed each finished product myself. It is my “go to” cookbook and has made my personal recipe organization a breeze.
Craig’s very favorite dish is risotto, any kind of risotto. If a risotto special is on the menu, 9 times out of 10 he will order it. Risotto by itself is kind of a blank canvas and by adding a few other ingredients it becomes a masterpiece. We don’t even add meat to this recipe and it is super flavorful.
This past Valentine’s Day, I made our favorite Spinach and Tomato risotto. To go with it, I make a simple green salad of butter lettuce, blue cheese and avocado and toss it with a mustard vinaigrette. Voilá, dinner is served. I posted my photo on Instagram and had many requests for the recipe. I just photographed my cookbook page so you could see it. This recipe is fool proof and perfect every time.
What a great idea! Love it!
Thanks Leisa! <3
How fun! Love the photos! 4 years ago my daughter took my collection of cut out recipes that I had put in a photo album and others from a folder and typed them all into a Dropbox folder. These were recipes I had collected and used for decades. She then printed them all out in a new book and have it and the link to me as a birthday gift. Since then we have both added to the files and are able to share recipes long distance–even across the world when I spent 6 months in Australia!
What a great idea your daughter had! Love the idea – I bet you felt closer to her while you were down under!
That’s beautiful, Suzanne!
Thank you Ellen <3
Love this idea!! WE love Risotto and I am going to try this recipe. It looks like the one my Mom use to make, however all of her recipes were in her head. Those Italians!!
I hope you enjoy it! #Italiansrule
That is an amazing recipe that will definitely a good idea! I plan to cook a lot more and want my family to try different food preps. Thanks for sharing!