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Bravery….

To add your unique self to all recipes! Substitute. Create new variations. Adapt it to your tastes. Adjust it to maximize your budget.  Fix it to fit your allergy or fitness plan guidelines.

Food prices change all the time.  Sometimes fresh mushrooms cost less than canned.  Sometimes they cost a lot more.  If a recipe calls for mushrooms that will end up cooked, don’t let food snobbery tell you that you can ONLY use one kind or the other.

Of course, I’m not just talking about mushrooms. It’s true for all foods.  Greek yogurt can stand in for sour cream and sometimes cream cheese in a recipe.  Sometimes Greek yogurt is the more expensive choice, sometimes it’s less.

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Freedom….

To Dream BIG.  (Yes you CAN be debt free!  Yes, my family CAN have the work situation it has always dreamed of.)

To make the best choices for your family without worrying what others will think.

To use canned cream soup….or make it from scratch. We love you the same either way.

To use canned crescent rolls or homemade.  We can all live in harmony 🙂

To eat wheat or be gluten free.  And to know how to do both, so if my gluten free friend comes over for dinner, fixing that meal will be no big deal.   (freedom to write poetry……ha ha)

Knowledge…..

To know stuff like a Tablespoon is 3 teaspoons and 2 Tablespoons make an ounce.

To know that sugar + Fat makes a cookie a cookie…..so using yogurt here is gross.  But xylitol chemically behaves like sugar so you could do that instead.

To know stuff like 4 cups of shredded cheese is a lb, so 2 cups is 8 oz. (Because 16 oz is a pound.)

And stuff like 4 cups of cut fruit or veggies, but 2 cups of hamburger, applesauce or yogurt also makes a pound.  (Think about air space…..hamburger and thick creamy stuff doesn’t have much room for air, but fruit, berries, and vegetables do.)

And to have your favorite recipes memorized.  So if you happen to be a place where food is needed, you can whip on an apron and save the day with nothing but your mind, and basic pantry staples.

AND Because knowing stuff makes Bravery a lot easier.