Announcing the winner for the most submitted recipe in my mother’s cookbook – A+ in Cooking! Ta – da da da-a-a – da da-a-a! And the winner is…. Drum roll! Chocolate Sheet Cake — applause, applause, applause, whoop and more applause. No fewer than seventeen families submitted this recipe as their family favorite. When planning […]
The picture in the Dallas Morning News caught my attention. In the Wednesday food section, Alicia Ross shares recipes. Her column is called Kitchen Scoop – what a cute name. The pictured muffins were filled with summer fruits – strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. As I read the recipe, my mouth was watering, and I knew […]
Number One Son’s sweet precious wife Mikel brought salsa to the July 4th celebration. I kid you not. The salsa was the hit of the party. I actually heard someone say, “the salsa is the best tasting thing here.” Now that is really saying a lot because all of the food was fantastic. Many people […]
I read a version of this recipe – Mango Cucumber Salad – on Mennonite Girls Can Cook’s blog this week and could not wait to try it. Mainly I wanted to make it because Ever-Lovin’ likes mangos, and I was trying to impress him on Father’s Day. He declared this salad “good stuff” – which […]
Million Dollar Pound Cake is another vintage recipe from the 1970’s. It is still a favorite. The name – Million Dollar Pound Cake – pretty well sums it up. It is yummy and delicious. Of course, now days I guess the name should be Billion Dollar Pound Cake. Hot Rod’s assessment, “Soft , moist, dense, […]
Ever-Lovin’ loves mincemeat. One year friend BB gave Ever-Lovin’ some Walker’s Mincemeat Tarts that she had gotten at World Market. Now, every year Ever-Lovin’ makes sure he goes to World Market for his Mincemeat Tarts. He likes them. He loves them. We have a friend who does not want to be named, that makes mincemeat […]
These are so good, and yes, you can make them. They are easy and almost impossible to mess up. I like them. I love them. True story – Mrs. Ralph’s husband likes the original version of these cinnamon rolls so much that if anything happens to Mrs. Ralph and Ever-Lovin’ he is proposing marriage to […]
You might need this for your Thanksgiving and Christmas meals, so I had better post it now – ASAP. Recently I came across the term “vintage recipe”. Love that term – “vintage recipe”. I think most of my recipes are “vintage”, and worthy of being collected – maybe that is stretching it a bit, but […]
Ever-Lovin’ loves almost anything pumpkin- pies, cakes, muffins, bread. You name it pumpkin ______ (whatever), and he gravitates toward it. It is not a seasonal thing for him. Any month of the year (even in the dog days of summer), he will choose the pumpkin pie at the cafeteria. (He thinks pumpkin pie is a […]
Fall is here, and apples are abundant. Why not make a Fresh Apple Cake? This Fresh Apple Cake recipe came from my friend Mrs. Ralph- as in Ralph Lauren (She has his style and flair! – And she is also an excellent cook.). The cake is easy breezy and so delicious. When Mrs. Ralph […]
