Food Swap – Random Acts of Kindness

The past two weeks I’ve shared ideas for casserole swaps and family meal swaps.  If you’ve tried either of these ideas, then you’ve seen that cooking a double meal takes minimal amount of extra time over just cooking for your own family.   This makes my last idea a bit easier to try:  Show a random act of kindness and cook extra for a neighbor or friend.  OK, so this may not result in you getting a variety of meals.  Chances are pretty good that you’ll get a few cook free nights too. You have heard of pay it forward, right? 

When we were first married a neighbor (who also happened to be our landlord) called us one afternoon and offered us extras from her dinner.  What a blessing that was to stop contemplating my dinner plans and just run next door to pick up dinner instead.  When we bought our first house I began doing the same.  We would even deliver meals to fridges when we knew where spare keys were.  We’d leave a message to say “your dinner is in the fridge”  I can’t count how many times this favor has been returned to us.

We all deliver meals for occasions like babies, sickness and loss, why should the everyday difficulties of a mom be any different?  When we bless, we are blessed in return.  I encourage you to think of someone who might not need a meal, but could use a meal.  Call them up and bless them in the next few days with a cooked meal.  Or post on facebook “I’m cooking a double batch of _________ tonight and will share with the next local person to respond to my post” What an epidemic we could start with blessing others with a meal.  Share from your bounty and you will be blessed in return.