 | Recipe of the Week - Patriotic Mold -Summer is the season of patriotic holidays. This gelatin dessert is a great finish to a Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day or Labor Day picnic (if you’re able to keep it refrigerated until more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week – Seven-Up Salad -Springtime turns our thoughts to lighter salads as accompaniments to meals.
This salad is one I became acquainted with at church covered-dish dinners. It’s very simple. In fact, the friend more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week - Sour Cream Coffee Cake -When I was in college, the other girls on my floor were often surprised at the things I could do with food. (I was surprised that they couldn’t do the same.) Starting my third year, I did all my own more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week – Jalapeno Honey Mustard -Recipe of the Week – Jalapeno Honey Mustard
I really like gourmet mustards, and a few years ago I found some recipes and decided to try making my own. It was surprisingly simple. I make more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week - Cranberry Salad -Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and that can only mean one thing. It’s cranberry season. (OK, so Thanksgiving means a lot more than that, but today I’m talking about more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week - Pistachio Cookies -There’s a nip in the air and the leaves are changing color. Well, OK, the nippy air has only come in short bursts so far this fall, and the leaves are mostly just falling off the trees because of the more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week - Bread Pudding -I really like bread pudding. A recent church dinner gave me an opportunity to make this delicious dessert, but I wanted it to be served warm. I figured the easiest way for that to happen would be to more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week - Curried Chicken Salad -For several years now I’ve been making this dressed-up version of chicken salad. It’s good on rolls or even eaten with crackers, although it’s a little too chunky to make a good sandwich on bread. more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week - BLT Chicken Salad -Summertime is the season for cold suppers, especially those which require little cooking to begin with. This salad can be made with leftover chicken, or if you don’t have any leftovers, you can cook more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -We decided to stay home this Memorial Day weekend and host a picnic on Sunday afternoon. We’ll serve our Pennsylvania version of surf and turf, or maybe more accurately, field and stream (venison more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week - Campfire Foil Meals -I’m preparing for our annual Pioneer Club camping trip. As I look over the menus, I have to choose among several options for our Saturday night supper, to be cooked on a campfire.
These two more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week – Brownie Sheet Cake -When I was in college in Indiana, the church I attended had frequent covered dish meals. One of my favorite desserts was this brownie sheet cake.
A few years ago, I made this cake when we more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week - Potato Soup -Some time ago I came across a recipe for a “simple” potato soup which basically involved adding some ingredients to canned soup. I had to laugh, because my recipe for traditional Pennsylvania Dutch more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -Perhaps one of the greatest misnomers in the dessert world is “trifle.” When prepared traditionally, a trifle is anything but a trifle. But with today’s convenience foods, trifle can actually be more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -When I was a kid, probably in junior high, I prepared supper for my family using the recipe for chili in my Better Homes and Gardens Junior Cook Book. The meal was a hit, and from then on, at least more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -Perhaps one of the most maligned foods of the holiday season is fruitcake. The butt of all kinds of jokes, fruitcake is often rejected before it is even tasted. I, however, like fruitcake.
For more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -Ah, I love the holiday season, with its wonderful smells of delicious things baking in my kitchen.
Of course I bake many of the traditional favorite Christmas cookies – chocolate chip, more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -My favorite time of the year is fast approaching. I love Christmas with all the trimmings.
The final two months of the year are the busiest time of all in my kitchen. I make about two dozen more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -Several years ago, in a Bible study group, we were discussing risk-taking. We took a survey to evaluate how much of a risk-taker we are. The survey asked how risky you would consider different more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -In a few weeks, I will help my parents host my dad’s World War II Navy ship reunion. We are trying to focus on Pennsylvania Dutch foods for our hospitality room at the hotel. Mom’s going to make her more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -A few weeks ago, we harvested the first ears of corn from our garden. We planted corn at Benjamin’s request, as I had never grown it here in my own garden. Growing up, however, our large garden had a more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -Our second family reunion of the summer is coming up on Saturday. That means, no matter how scorching hot this week is, I’ll have to bake some pies. I have made these particular Pennsylvania Dutch more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -When the kids are begging for a snack and you want to feed them something nutritious, but they turn up their noses at fruits and vegetables, here’s a refreshing alternative. And it’s as sugar-free as more... |
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| | Recipe of the Week -As spring warms into summer, picnic season is starting to heat up. This recipe makes a great accompaniment to anything from burgers and dogs on a campfire to steak or chicken on a gas grill. The more... |
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