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Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert is an easy dessert that you can make from a few items in the pantry and freezer at any time of the year. It works well for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother’s Day, bridal or baby showers, etc. It is sweet and rich, yet somehow also seems light and refreshing. It is a […]
Peach Custard Pie is my favorite pie. It has been my favorite pie for as long as I can remember. It is the pie my grandma taught me to make. I think because she knew how much I like it that she wanted me to know how to make it. Of course, she never wrote […]
What do you get when you cross a broccoli chicken casserole with a green bean casserole? I call it Crispy Onion Broccoli Chicken Casserole. My family loves green bean casserole. They also really like crockpot chicken broccoli noodles. So, I made a hybrid casserole of them both. While I used homemade cream of mushroom soup, […]
Grandma’s Tomato Catsup (Ketchup) is one of the Top 10 most requested recipes from my Mom’s/Grandmother’s collection. I found a couple of different recipes in Mom’s recipes and I was not really sure which one she used. I must confess that I really did not like homemade tomato catsup when I was young. . .even […]
I have never eaten pickled beets that I liked more than the ones my mom made. I do not think I am the only person who felt this way. I remember my mom’s friend getting very upset with her because her granddaughters refused to eat any of the pickled beets she made and would only […]
My Grandma’s Fresh Peach Pie takes me to my happy place. I am not a fan of the double-crusted cooked peach filling pie that is often what is served when someone says peach pie. However, I love the fresh peach pie that my grandma used to make. Unlike other fresh peach pies I have had, […]
Those small jars of pimentos in the grocery store that are either diced or sliced do not taste the same as my Grandma’s Pickled Pimentos. In fact, I don’t think anyone made pimentos that tasted as good as my grandma’s. I remember people always asking for her recipe at family and church gatherings. She would […]
Whether you call them Meatloaf Drumsticks or Meatloaf Lollipops, they are mini meatloaves on sticks. I used to make a version of these Barbecue Meatloaf Drumsticks when I was in elementary school from a recipe I found in one of my childhood cookbooks. I can still see the black and white illustration of how the […]
Finding my paternal grandmother’s handwriting in faded pencil on a fragile piece of paper at the bottom of a recipe folder prompted me to make her peach cobbler for the first time in my life. I must admit that I can not remember my grandmother making peach cobbler…I remember her fresh peach pies and peach […]
My dad was the fried mush fan in my family. He had fond memories of eating it when he was young, during the Great Depression. Apparently, his grandmother often made it for him for breakfast. My grandmothers and mom were not as enthusiastic about it, so we did not have it often. In fact, when […]
