Make A Couples Cookbook, step by step

File this under sweet things for newlyweds (and beyond!). It is another one of my husband’s cute ideas, and this time it is not vacation related, it is in fact food focused. Yum. In an effort to keep us cooking in our new kitchen (and to encourage us to expand our recipe repertoire) John suggested that one of us select a new recipe every week (which can be found online, in a magazine, in a cookbook, etc) and cook it for the other person.

It is lively to research recipes every other week when it is my turn, and it is even more lively to devour John’s delectable dishes on the weeks that are his responsibility. And best of all, we purchased a cute fabric covered notebook to document each and every recipe (some even have pictures when we remember to snap a few before digging in). Oh and we are responsible for naming our creations as well- some go-tos include “John’s Coco Loco Asian Chicken” and “Sherry’s Nasty Italian Steak Mash”- they are delicious I swear.

So why not start your own little personal cookbook full of new and exciting recipes? The only thing you have to lose is well, the ability to slip into those skinny jeans. But seriously, it is a lively family tradition that we might simply pass on to our kids as well someday. Heck, if we have sufficient of ’em perhaps we will not have to cook at all anymore…