Stuffing

It took all day to make

Only minutes to eat

Topped with desserts so sweet

Wobbling now

©2021 Annette Rochelle Aben

chefy

Basic recipe

Although really tasty food

Add just a bit more

Can of this and bit of that

Now it’s your own creation

©2021 Annette Rochelle Aben

nothing fancy

Old recipe box

Handwritten three by five cards

Magazine pages

Fifty ways to make ground beef

This was food from our childhood

©2021 Annette Rochelle Aben

sweet beans

Brown that ground meat well

Gather legumes of all kinds

Spiced tomato sauce

Let simmer all day to blend

Hot chili for chilly days

©2020 Annette Rochelle Aben

sympathy weight

Sis makes mincemeat pies

Father sends brother fruit cakes

My hips keep growing

©2020 Annette Rochelle Aben

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