My name is Toni. I’m a Gen X mom of four and completely untrained in cooking. I DID, however, grow up in a house where cooking as a family was a weekly event. At 9 years old, my mom went to work outside the home, and we each took turns making dinner. I started with spaghetti sauce and went from there. I used to read the Encylopdia of Cookery books my mom had and watched the cooking shows that were available on PBS back in the 1980s like Yan Can Cook, and Julia Child.
I wanted to write down my recipes for the kids, but realized in a digital world, they would benefit more from me putting the recipes down on a website they can reference. Don’t worry, I’ll keep paper copies just in case. I plan to start with the recipes they can make now on work nights (I get home at 8pm after work and commuting. They and their dad are home much earlier), so expect some dump and bake meals at first.
If you found this website, I hope you find the recipes useful and not annoying. I will keep narratives to a minimum and to what is necessary for the recipe. Don’t expect to hear stories like sitting on the patio with my grandpa eating sun-warmed tomatoes fresh from the garden UNLESS it’s a blog post without a recipe attached. No one wants to scroll through 8 pages of narrative to find out what temperature to preheat the oven.
Be kind and eat well.
Mama Toni's Family Recipes 