Stir, Laugh, Repeat
Review by Mary Deal
“Stir, Laugh, Repeat” by Martha A. Cheves is not only a great cookbook, it is a fun read. The first day I received the book, I perused it to find a recipe to
sample. In reading, I found these recipes, some for all meals and snacks, easy
and quick. A recipe that takes only one paragraph to tell how to throw all the
ingredients together for a scrumptious dish is my kind of book. Then Martha
gives a little history for each recipe about how that food was used in her own
cooking at home. But that’s not all. Following every recipe is a Tip for the
cook. One of my favorites was:
sample. In reading, I found these recipes, some for all meals and snacks, easy
and quick. A recipe that takes only one paragraph to tell how to throw all the
ingredients together for a scrumptious dish is my kind of book. Then Martha
gives a little history for each recipe about how that food was used in her own
cooking at home. But that’s not all. Following every recipe is a Tip for the
cook. One of my favorites was:
“When my three kids were young, we would have a Mystery TV Dinner Night. Each night when I cooked dinner, before it went on the table, I would take a plastic
sectioned plate and put a full serving of everything on the plate, wrap it in
plastic wrap and then tightly wrap it in foil and put it into the freezer. On
Mystery Night, everyone would go to the freezer and take out a dish. You
couldn’t peek. Each plate would be microwaved and that was your meal for the night.
You may have country fried steak, spaghetti, fish, even chili. It was fun
watching the kids open their meals. They were never disappointed because I
would make sure it was filled with food they liked.”
sectioned plate and put a full serving of everything on the plate, wrap it in
plastic wrap and then tightly wrap it in foil and put it into the freezer. On
Mystery Night, everyone would go to the freezer and take out a dish. You
couldn’t peek. Each plate would be microwaved and that was your meal for the night.
You may have country fried steak, spaghetti, fish, even chili. It was fun
watching the kids open their meals. They were never disappointed because I
would make sure it was filled with food they liked.”
Martha Cheves knows how to feed her family and have fun, too, and now shares her recipes with us. Oh yes, the recipe I chose to make first was the Strawberry
Nut Crunch. I made it with Macadamia nuts. It was so delightful, I will make it
again, and enough of it for about 50 people at a big celebratory potluck. I’ll
also be taking this delightful book to share with others.
Nut Crunch. I made it with Macadamia nuts. It was so delightful, I will make it
again, and enough of it for about 50 people at a big celebratory potluck. I’ll
also be taking this delightful book to share with others.
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