As I embark on this journey of finding the sacred, intimate, and tender in daily life tasks and responsibilities, I want to be careful to not make this deeper than it needs to be. This isn’t about “unicorns and glitter”-ing everything but seeking out the beauty in a seemingly mundane aspect of life.
There is a novelty to cooking that’s exciting and exhilarating. It’s one of the reasons I really love cooking. When I got married, it was an aspect of marriage I really looked for to. I still enjoy cooking but I’ll be honest, I was starting to see it more as a chore than an invitation. So, when I decided to embark on this journey of finding the sacred, intimate, and tender in daily life, I wanted to start with cooking dinner.
I realize sometimes the step into finding the more in the mundane is to try something new or see it from a different angle. It had been awhile since I’d tried a new recipe. I like to plan out our meals over the course of a month versus day to day or week by week. When I sat down to plan out August, I pulled out cookbooks I owned and searched for recipes that piqued my interest. I marked them, updated our monthly meal calendar, and hung it on the fridge. I could feel myself getting excited again about a piece of daily life that had become chore-like.
The first recipe I landed on was the Chicken Marsala recipe from Cooking for Two. It’s one of my favorite Italian dishes and I’d never tried making it myself before.
