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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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
My favorite Raisin Bran cereal has always been made by Post. A few months ago, it was impossible for me to purchase for a while. When it was finally available again, it was not the same. The flakes in the boxes I purchased were much thicker than I ever remember. It turns out I am […]
Inspired by the orange color of my small head of cauliflower, I decided to deep fry some cauliflower and coat them in a bottled orange sauce…similar to chicken wings. My daughter really likes the Cheesecake Factory’s Korean Cauliflower, so I thought she would like deep-fried cauliflower paired with another favorite orange sauce. Although I buy […]
There used to be a grocery chain that sold a pastry in their bakery they called lemon pillows. They were a favorite of my dad..and the rest of us. They were a puffy rectangle pastry with a delicious lemon filling. It has been many years since they went out of business, but I have been […]
