Pork Chops with Red Cabbage and Apples. Yes Please. If you are lucky enough to have an Aldi grocery store near you, you already know they offer a great selection of German items since that is where the company originated. And one day my daughter in law Sara gave me a jar of red cabbage […]
Fake Crab Salad Quiche – From Disaster To Delicious
We’ve ALL done it. We’ve been talked into a product by someone who knows less about it than WE do!! It happened to me one day when a young chap at the meat counter at the grocery store told me their Imitation Crab Salad was “AWESOME”…! So I bought some. As you can imagine, it […]
Delaney’s Pumpkin Oatmeal Pancakes – With A Splash Of Apple Cider
Once Autumn arrives, some people get a little carried away with pumpkin. I’ve seen pumpkin added to almost everything! Recently I stumbled across this blog post from four years ago, and I decided this is one pumpkin dish that has stood the test of time. So take a trip down memory lane with me as […]
Fried Cornmeal Mush – My Childhood Winter Breakfast Revisited
Mush. When you hear that word, what comes to mind? A dogsled race? An overcooked vegetable? I’ve told you before how smells and tastes of food can trigger long forgotten memories, and for me that word “Mush” brings back some wonderful childhood memories. Memories of waking up on a frigid Iowa winter morning, curled up […]
Beef Stew with Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Beef stew is the perfect dinner to serve on a cold an rainy Autumn evening, and several years ago I created a stew recipe that hit all the right notes for me. (And it still does.) First of all, I don’t like mushy potatoes in stew, but I LOVE garlic mashed potatoes. So I […]
Roman Apple Cake and Autumn – A Match Made In Heaven
Apple cake is one of my favorite Autumn desserts, and one of the best recipes is found in my tattered and stained copy of the first edition printing of the Kalona Historical Village Cookbook. I treasure this book to this day since that book brings back wonderful memories of my Mom. Both Mom and I […]
Spaghetti Squash Shrimp Scampi…Meemaw’s Version
In honor of the recent announcement that bacon and red meat are going to kill us I decided to serve shrimp for dinner. (These gloom and doom reports sometimes make me laugh…and they always make me hungry!) I checked out a recipe for Spaghetti Squash Shrimp Scampi on a website called chefkey…and then I modified […]
A Bench Scraper Is A “Must Have” Tool In Meemaw’s Kitchen Drawer
Most kitchen gadgets are purchased on a whim, and soon you’ll find them shoved into the back of overstuffed utensil drawers or collecting dust on the kitchen counter. Admit it Dear Readers. We’ve all succumbed to the “order before midnight” pitch men on TV.) But a few kitchen items really are worth their weight in […]
Making Homemade Pasta From Scratch – It’s Child’s Play!
Making homemade pasta is much easier than most people think. It’s basically a mixture of eggs, flour and water, and maybe a sprinkle of salt (depending on which Italian grandma is making it!). So when our Indy girls spent a week with us this summer, (we call it GrandCamp) I decided it was the perfect time […]
Herb Bread With Dill Seed- A Delicious Alternative To Garlic Bread
Dill is an herb most folks expect to find in pickles. But this week I surprised some high school students with a whole new way to enjoy that herb in a unique way. I made a dill seed topping that just might replace their usual garlic bread from now on. (I’ll tell you all about […]