Welcome to Helping Hands Kitchen
Growing up in the suburbs of New York City, you are surrounded by amazing food everywhere, but nothing beats homemade cooking from recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation.
Here is where the problem comes in: THESE RECIPES ARE NOT WRITTEN DOWN! They are instilled in the brains of their creators and proteges who can cook these dishes in their sleep! They can cook these meals based on feel, smell, and most of all, hand measurements.
Helping Hands Kitchen is inspired by these recipes. Perfect homemade dishes that have been passed down by friends and family, but with one catch: NO RECIPE. The idea for this blog came to us when we asked a friend of ours for their family’s amazing Italian Meatball recipe. He told us he did not have anything written down, he just uses his hands to measure everything. This sparked an idea. What if he could send us photos of his hands holding different ingredients for the meatballs – and that’s what he did. He sent us photos of just his hands showing us his measurements for each ingredient.
We followed his instructions, using his hands as our guides and to our surprise, the meatballs came out so good! We have made this recipe several times now and it is now a staple in our house.
