The Box

Once upon a time we found a magical recipe box. Here's the story: 

When we started out on our Saturday adventure, we didn’t plan on driving out to Prairie Grove.  There are a few little thrift stores east of town that we threaten to stop at every time we drive past them.  Our plan was to hit those few stores and then head home with our treasure.  On our drive out highway 16 we passed several shops, but they all looked scary and a little stressful.  One even had kids playing on inflatable playgrounds in front of the store.  It was all a little more than we could take, so we kept on driving.    

We got to this cute little thrift store on Highway 16 called All My Treasures, so we stopped.  Here, we wandered around for a while, but when we left for home, we thought Daisies and Olives (another cute little thrift store) would be a great place to end our adventure.  But when we got to Prairie Grove and parked, we saw another little store called The Trading Post.  

We hadn’t planned to go in there, but for some reason, it looked like an interesting place to visit.  We found lots of interesting things—little birds, rocking chairs—but the most interesting little treasure was in the back of the store, on the back of a clearance shelf.  

There sat a little green box with a few little note cards in it.  

They were recipes.  

Of course, they HAD to come home with us.  And the next logical thing was to cook through them.  So that’s what we’re doing.  Once a week, we’re taking a recipe from the box and cooking it using the ingredients she prescribes (or as close as we can find), until they’re all gone.   

So far, we’ve had a lot of fun with our little treasure trove; we hope that you do, too! J