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Dear Friends, Like many people from large families, we draw names for Christmas gifts and put a $20-25 limit on how much we can spend on the gift (either for the actual gift or the supplies for said gift). This past Christmas, my youngest sister drew my name. When I was spending a couple of . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Recipe: Pizza Rustica We will be celebrating Thanksgiving here in the United States next week. This Turkey Glace recipe was originally published on December 9, 2008. It really is a great “what do I do with all of these leftovers” recipe. And it is easy to tweak, too, depending upon the amount of leftovers you have. Enjoy! The . . . → Read More: From The Archives: The Ultimate Turkey Leftovers Recipe: Turkey Glace  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Cooking, Recipe, updated vintage recipe, Vintage Recipe  Cooking, turkey leftovers, Vintage cooking I was looking through my vintage cookbooks for a fun Halloween dessert (that didn’t involve a pumpkin) when I came across these adorable guys. Using oranges instead of pumpkins, you create little jack-o-lanterns using cloves, licorice, and maraschino cherries and fill them with lime sherbert.
Goblin Frosties Ingredients 4 medium oranges . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Recipe: Goblin Frosties 4 comments - (Comments are closed) home economics, updated vintage recipe, Vintage Recipe dessert, Halloween, recipes This article was originally posted on April 21, 2008: There was a time when women would shop downtown at department stores. These department stores were monuments to fashion and femininity. You could meet your friends for lunch and eat in the elegant dining rooms. It was glorious! Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, I . . . → Read More: From the Archive: Department Store Dining Rooms Dear Friends, This recipe for sloppy joes is a variation of a recipe for “deviled hamburgers” that I found in a “calorie friendly” cookbook that belonged to my husband’s grandmother. I have found that if any recipe says “deviled” in it, there will be mustard and/or horseradish (such as deviled eggs). I doubled the seasonings . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Recipe: Sloppy Devils
Dear Friends, The other day I was in the mood for some muffins. But I didn’t want cup-cakey kind of muffins. I wanted something with substance. What was a modern retro woman to do? Why, bake them herself, of course! Between The Mister’s schedule and mine, I hadn’t been grocery shopping for a couple . . . → Read More: Retro Recipe: Bran Muffins (They’re Not Just For Old Folks) That's my Grandma Lois in the corner. Doesn't she look like she should be a grandmother? Dear Friends,
I know I’ve shared this recipe with you before. However, it is one of The Mister’s favorite casseroles and as I prepared it for dinner Sunday night, I decided I should share it with . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Recipe: Grandma Lois’ Tuna Noodle Casserole 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, Recipe, updated vintage recipe Tuna Noodle Casserole Dear Friends, After being in a cooking rut for the past couple of months, I pulled out my vintage cookbooks and browsed through them for some inspiration. In my “250 Ways to Prepare Meat” cookbook from the Culinary Arts Institute (1954), I found a recipe for stuffed flank steak. The only time I remember having . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Recipe: Stuffed Flank Steak 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Culinary Arts Institute, updated vintage recipe Main Dish, Meat, Stuffed Flank Steak The sauce looks better in person…trust me. I could not find the roast for last night’s dinner in the refrigerator. I looked in one drawer and then another and behind my husband’s collection of grapefruit and cranberry juice bottles. Where could it be??? I finally found it. In the freezer. Frozen solid. It was . . . → Read More: The Plan B Dinner Are you tired of turkey, yet? I bought a pasta salad at the school cafeteria, yesterday, and discovered that the meat on the top of it was turkey and not chicken like usual. It made me wonder how old it was! I decided that I would share a pork chop recipe with you today instead . . . → Read More: Tuesday Tasting: Pork Chop Escallop |
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