"The dog ate my homework"

Or in my case, "my daughter ate your recipe." Ya, so that's kinda embarrassing to tell someone; it sounds like I'm a bad mother. What kind of mother allows their child to eat an entire recipe?! Maybe I should just tell her that I lost it. But then it sounds like I'm a disorganized person. Unfortunately, I don't think I'm going to be able to come out on top with this, no matter how I play it.
Maybe I should try to glue all the pieces together that I fished out of her mouth...