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Vintage recipes from my family and from vintage cookbooks.
My mother really is a master pie maker. She has sort of passed pie-making off to me these last several years, but back in the day, she got regular requests for her pies and quiches for special church guests and gatherings. Her pie crust was …
For the sourdough purists out there, sourdough can only be made from making a wild yeast starter or perhaps buying a dehydrated sourdough starter. For me, making sourdough starter from commercial store-bought yeast is a great way to learn to make sourdough without the finickiness …
I love white salsa in Mexican restaurants–creamy, a little sweet, and a little spicey. I feel sure it isn’t Mexican, but whoever decided to start serving it, thank you. I recently moved to a new city and found that none of the restaurants serve white …
Whether you’re working out, recovering from illness, following a special way of eating like the Keto diet, or just want to keep your electrolyte minerals up for general health and to combat stress, it’s a great idea to take electrolytes. You can buy premade electrolyte …
I just love tried and true family recipes, don’t you? There’s something about making food your parents made when you were young and sharing it with your family. The familiar flavors bring back the comforting feeling you felt back then. As odd as it may …
Have you ever had a recipe that was so good and unequaled to any other so that you wanted to keep it to yourself as your secret recipe and not share it with anyone? That would be my Best Banana Bread recipe for me. It …
Growing up I was surrounded by great home cooks. My mother, my grandmother, and my Aunt Mimi all brought their A-game to family gatherings with salads, sides, and desserts, especially. I got this recipe from my grandma Pauline whose youngest sister was Winnigene, known to …
Grandma Pauline’s Classic Meatloaf Recipe with Lots of Variations I’ve been craving meatloaf. I don’t serve it often because my husband really, really doesn’t like it. But I’m in the mood, so I’m going to make it using my Grandma Pauline’s family favorite recipe. I’m …
Cheryl’s Pineapple Cookie Recipe from Betty Crocker I don’t know where my mom, Cheryl, got the recipe for these Pineapple Cookies, but I remember having them quite a few times growing up. I even remember making them as a gift for my dad a couple …
Pumpkin Yeast Bread for the Bread Machine Mmm… Pumpkin and pumpkin spice! While I love those flavors all year long, they are quintessential flavors for the holidays and fall, and this bread displays them perfectly! So many recipes this time of year–especially with …
