old fashioned Potato Candy Ingredients: Bag confectioners sugar Peanut butter (amount depends on how thick or thin you spread it) Vanilla Big baking potato, cooled (Important: heat melts sugar and makes runny candy) Instructions: Mix the cooled potato, confectioners sugar, and vanilla. Roll out dough flat after it chills. Spread peanut butter over the dough….
Classic Southern Biscuit Bread Cornbread Ingredients: 3 cups self-rising flour 3 tablespoons canola oil About 40% buttermilk About 60% regular whole milk Note: I only measured 2 ingredients and never measured anything else. I’m one of those cooks that never measured anything. Sorry. Instructions: Mix together 3 cups self-rising flour and 3 tablespoons canola oil….
French Onion Soup Ingredients: Note: I rarely measure anything, I just COOK! Butter Sliced onions Salt Pepper White wine Flour Good beef broth (unsalted) Leftover gravy (optional) Slices of French bread Grated Gruyere cheese Instructions: Melted some butter in a cast iron enamel Dutch oven. Added sliced onions, salt, and pepper. Cooked them down until…
Easy Potato Salad and Tuna Macaroni Salad Recipes Potato Salad Ingredients: Potatoes Hard boiled eggs Finely chopped celery and onion Seasoning salt Black pepper Mayonnaise Yellow mustard Paprika More hard-boiled eggs to garnish with Instructions: Mix together potatoes, hard boiled eggs, finely chopped celery, and onion. Season with seasoning salt and black pepper. Add mayonnaise…
This is pear salad. A southern staple. When I get a craving for something my Mama and Grandmama used to make, I can’t wait to taste it again. Did anyone else grow up eating fruit salads made with canned Bartlett pears or a ring of canned pineapple? We thought we were eating”fancy” when we ate…
Grandma’s Meatloaf recipe Ingredients: 1 lb lean ground beef 1/4 onion, chopped finely 1/2 sleeve crushed saltines 1 cup bread, small cubes 2 eggs 1 cup ketchup (divided) Salt, to taste Pepper, to taste Onion powder, to taste Garlic powder, to taste A couple of shakes of Mrs. Dash 3 russet potatoes, cut into chunks…
Southern Style Green Beans and Red Potatoes Fresh green beans like grandma used to make can’t wait for supper tonight!!! Ingredients: 1 qt. green beans 1 qt. red potatoes or 4 potatoes, quartered 1/4 onion, diced 1 chicken/spices bouillon cube 3 pieces bacon 1 tsp Pampered Chef garlic herb seasoning (optional) or 1/4 tsp garlic…
Corn Meal Cakes recipe Ingredients: 1 cup of corn meal mix 1 tsp of salt 1 tsp of sugar 3/4 cup of boiling water NOTE This will make 4, so I do two rounds to make 8) Instructions: Mix all together and heat any kind of oil (I used extra virgin olive oil) to…
Long Beach, California School District Pizza Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds ground beef 1 tablespoon flour 1/4 teaspoon salt Pepper (to taste) 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano 1 tablespoon sugar 3/4 cup tomato puree 3/4 cup diced canned tomatoes 1 (1-pound) package biscuit mix 1/2 pound Cheddar cheese, shredded 1/2 pound mozzarella cheese, shredded Instructions: Prepare the…
Mile High Chocolate Pound Cake recipe I did add 2 tsp of Vanilla and prepped pan with Crisco and Cocoa powder** Ingredients: 8 eggs 4 sticks of unsalted better 1 cup of cocoa powder 2 teaspoons of baking soda 4 cups of flour 4 cups of sugar 1 cup of milk 1 bar of cream…
