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After our friend Deborah Laux had mentioned that she was the keeper of a family recipe for Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake, I begged her to send it to me so that I could share it with the Modern Retro Woman community. In her email she writes, My childhood was littered with Chocolate Mayonnaise Cakes – the . . . → Read More: Chocolate Mayo Cake  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Baking, Cooking from Scratch, Recipe, Vintage Recipe  chocolate mayonnaise It’s autumn, my favorite time of year! And, even though it means triple digit temperatures caused by winds off of the desert where I live now, all of those years of living in locations with four seasons has changed my DNA so that I start craving a good homemade soup. So, in honor of the . . . → Read More: It’s Autumn and that Means Soup! One comment - (Comments are closed) Cooking from Scratch, Recipe, updated vintage recipe vegetable soup My Honey and I would not be what you’d call big fish eaters. Sure we’d eat it if someone served it to us and ocassionally I’d order fish and chips, but that was pretty much it. We were both raised protestants and therefore we weren’t participants in the Catholic tradition of meatless Fridays. When we . . . → Read More: Fish Friday: Salmon with Pecan Coating Like a lot of people, I love fried chicken. Despite my family raving about my chicken, I always thought that it was a little dry (especially if I cooked it without the skin and bones) or that the crispy coating was a little too burnt. My basic “go to” recipe was an oven fried variation from the . . . → Read More: Take That, KFC! My husband tells me that his mother prepared casseroles for dinner almost every night. While I don’t know if this is true, I do know that my poor mother-in-law was trying to feed four hungry boys and couldn’t seem to keep any food in the house. I haven’t been much of a casserole person. To . . . → Read More: Tuesday Tastings: Skillet Lasagna Over on Facebook, Ellen wanted to know what she could do with a head of cabbage–none of her “go-to” recipes were thrilling her this morning. For Ellen, I want to share one of my new favorite salads: Carrot-Raisin Salad from 1963 McCall’s Cookbook. It is different than traditional carrot salads because it incorporates cabbage. It . . . → Read More: Carrot-Raisin Salad I’ve been AWOL for a couple of reasons but I didn’t realize HOW AWOL I’ve been until I realized that It has been almost two weeks since I’ve posted. Frankly, I’ve been struggling with lack of energy for the past few weeks and I finally realized this morning it is because of my darn allergies! . . . → Read More: Vegetable Lasagna and Darn Allergies It has been an interesting couple of weeks. I started my new job working part-time for my brother’s financial planning practice. I will be conducting college planning workshops for him a couple of times per week. Right now, the learning curve feels like it is going straight up and down! He assures me that after . . . → Read More: Fat Free Brownies 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Baking, Cooking from Scratch, Life, Recipe No Pudge Fudge Brownies I was going to post a photo of my “stay awake cake,” as my husband calls it, from about an hour after I made it. I was working in the office and then went into the kitchen to get a drink of water. Lo and behold, My Honey had neatly cut out a little square . . . → Read More: Stay Awake Cake Old-style ice cream maker from Ice Cream Makers Shoppe As I type this, I have ice cream ripening in my Handy Freeze electric ice cream maker. The metal on the maker is all rusted and the paint has peeled off but, for being at least 50 years old, it is a workhorse and outlasted . . . → Read More: Grandma’s Ice Cream Recipe |
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