Recipes to pass down

Recently I was thinking that I need to compile all the recipes of food I've made for the family so as my kids get older they'll have a reference for all of "Mom's cooking" Lately I think of Mia when I cook and think of key things she should know if she was trying to recreate a dish of mine. The recipes aren't perfect but it's a start for recreating the food the family has grown up with. Great memories usually involve food :-)

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