sometimes it's the simple things

[Uben]

5. All I have left are the recipes....

My wife was an excellent cook. She could make anything and it was always delicious. I watched and helped her enough to have learned how to make most of them myself (with recipe of course). Those recipes are really all I know how to make, but they are good and diverse enough to keep variety. I don't eat out much because it would require travelling to town, and the food would only be so-so anyway.
I remember her trying to get me to eat broccoli. I never really cared much for it, but she steamed some crowns, rolled them in melted butter and added some lemon juice. Now, it's like candy to me! I could make a whole meal of just broccoli! I'm a meat and tater guy, but she always found a way to infuse some good greenery in my diet.
Good thing I have a dog cuz I always make way more than I can eat. He was used to eating her cooking, too. Sometimes he goes back and licks his bowl two or three times just to make sure there wasn't any morsels left.