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December 4, 2013 by Tricia Goyer 3 Comments

My Favorite Cookbook

When John and I got married, someone gave us a gift certificate to a local store. We had enough to each pick out one thing. John bought a rechargeable flashlight, and I bought my first cookbook. I have to say both were put to good use over the years.

better4The is the cookbook I bought: Better Homes New Cookbook. I can’t tell you the number of recipes I’ve cooked over the years—a lot! I love that it’s a three-ring binder, which means the pages lay flat on the counter. It’s a perfect cookbook for a new wife—or someone out on her own for the first time—because the recipes are simple with no fancy ingredients. I liked mine so much I bought a copy for my daughter-in-law Katie when she married Cory.

One of my favorite recipes is the chicken enchiladas recipe.

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My family loved it so much that it soon became my “company” meal. Yes, for many years that’s what I fixed for company.

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Growing up I didn’t spend any time in the kitchen, yet from within the pages of this cookbook I discovered how to make banana bread, applesauce, ham and bean soup, and more. (Here’s a photo of my friend Kayleigh and some of the things we made from the recipes in this book just this week.)

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The truth is I learned how to cook with this cookbook, too. The front of the book has cooking tips. (Yes, that part of the book got well used.)

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After twenty-three years, I think that flashlight has gotten lost on one of our moves, but I’m still using my cookbook . . . and my family will agree that any of the simple foods I’ve made them over the years have proved the worthwhile investment.

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*This post originally appeared on Not Quite Amish.

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  1. Beverly Lytle says

    December 4, 2013 at 7:53 am

    I have a cookbook just like this one that I received as a shower gift 33 years ago. I still love it! But I must say that my favorite recipes to use are the ones that are in a box. No fancy book, no 3 ring binder, not even a pretty cover, but rather handwritten and passed downwith love by family and friends.

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    • Tricia Goyer says

      December 4, 2013 at 12:17 pm

      Those ARE the best, Beverly!

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  2. Molly R. Moody says

    December 4, 2013 at 11:27 pm

    My favorite cookbook is The Wise Encyclopedia of Cookery, copyright 1949, Now if I could just find another copy of it that I can afford to buy I’d be thrilled.

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