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    About The Unfussy Cook

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    Hello there, glad you're here! My name is Becky, and I'm the prep-chef, cook, scullery maid, photographer and webmaster here at The Unfussy Cook.

    I suppose when I retired I never expected to be writing a recipe blog, but that's what happened in late 2021. Turns out, it's a job-not-a-job I really enjoy!

    And in 2024, I decided to take this whole blogging thing a little more seriously.

    My husband, Mark, and I lived in the Chicago suburbs and worked until our late 50's, when we retired and planted ourselves in Costa Rica on the Pacific coast, in the little village of Ostional. During our working careers, I worked in admin and accounting (for the last 20 years in labor union benefits), and Mark was an electrician.

    I've been cooking since I was a kid, and I've always enjoyed it and gotten great satisfaction when my food is a hit. My mom was a really good cook, and the very first thing she taught me to make was Welsh Rarebit. Her dad's mother was full-on Welsh, and whenever grandpa came to stay with us, Mom always made "Welsh Rabbit" for him at least once. She stood me on a chair in front of the stove and had me melt the cheese in milk, showing me how to stir properly so it wouldn't scald.

    While I was still working, cooking was mainly relegated to the weekends. But now that I'm retired, I'm happy and busy working in the kitchen, perfecting new recipes and making the old family favorites. And loving every minute of it.

    So many old family recipes to share!

    One of my retirement tasks was to digitize my mom's recipe collection for the rest of the family (I have two brothers and one sister, and five nieces and nephews), which I did. Thrilled to run across recipes that had been in the family since forever, I started making them all. And at that point I decided to share them with the world, along with other recipes I'd been working on now that I finally have time to devote to it.

    The Unfussy Cook recipe blog is the result. My hope is that you find many, many recipes here that will become family favorites for you, too!

    Some facts about me..

    • I grew up in small towns in the Midwest: Illinois, then Minnesota for a few years during those awkward tween years, then back to Illinois. I consider Fairbury, Illinois, where I attended junior and senior high school, my home town.
    • Mark and I don't have children, but we do have three dogs (Henry, Coco and Trudy) and two cats (Banjo and Scout) who manage to be both a joy and a pain at the same time 😉
    • I've been working on my family tree since 1988, and genealogy is my favorite pastime. I can't claim Mayflower ancestors, but I can claim a few from Jamestown, Virginia, which was settled in 1607.
    • When I was a kid, I wanted to be either an archaeologist or a private detective. I think that's how/why I landed in the genealogy-addict basket.
    • Aside from cooking and genealogy, I also enjoy quilting in my spare time.
    • My favorite book is To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, then Gone With the Wind (and its sequel, Scarlet).
    • My favorite movies are A Good Year, The Descendants, The Help, The Color Purple, Under the Tuscan Sun, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
    • I've always been terrible at sports and I don't care.
    • In my dreams, I sing exactly like Julie Andrews.

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    Hi, I'm Becky! Follow along with me as I share all my family's favorite recipes along with new really great new ones. I'm happily retired and staying busy in my kitchen to bring you the best recipes for unfussy time in your kitchen..

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    Newest recipes!

    • a slice of peanut butter pie with whipped cream on the edge and sprinkled with chocolate shavings and chopped peanuts all with chocolate syrup drizzled over the top and down the sides
      Easy, Dreamy Peanut Butter Pie with Oreo Crust
    • an oreo cookie crust in a pie dish filled with a creamy pie filling
      No-Bake Oreo Cookie Pie Crust
    • A bread bowl filled with mississippi sin dip, surrounded by assorted crackers for dipping
      Heavenly Mississippi Sin Dip
    • classic spinach dip in a bread bowl with bread pieces on the side for dipping all sitting on a wood surface
      Classic Spinach Dip - 1982 Recipe
    • an overhead shot of a quiche made of diced ham, diced pimentos and cheddar cheese baked in a cast iron skillet
      Easy Ham and Pimento Cheese Quiche Recipe

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