Meat
Swiss Steak
A clipping from my mother’s cigar box of recipes and other paper treasures. I remember she made this very often, but until now, nobody had her recipe for it. 2 T fat 1-3/4 lb round […]
Month: December 2013
Casseroles
Tuna Fish Cheese Pie
A handwritten recipe card from the collection of Esther Schulte, my mother. I have typed it exactly as she wrote it, flaws and all. 2 tlbs. oleo 4 tlbs. flour 2 C hot milk & […]
Breakfast
Southern Doughnuts
I remember when my mother pulled this recipe out of her cigar box collection and made doughnuts, with little me helping. It was probably the year before I went to kindergarten, because all my brothers […]
Snacks
Onion-Seasoned Bite-Size Biscuits
I found this tiny, undated clipping in my mother’s cigar box full of recipes. You know what it is? The precursor to Chex Mix! But what a horrible name! I wonder what year this was? […]
Meps' family
“Best Ever” Pie
I found this in my mother’s recipe collection, in a pamphlet entitled “Pecan Facts from Sunnyland Farms.” I don’t remember her making it, but evidently, she was quite taken with the recipe, as evidenced by […]
Cookies & Candies
Cocoa Powder Brownies
This is such a basic recipe, I always have the ingredients on hand. 6 T extremely soft butter 1 t vanilla 2 eggs 1 C sugar 6 T cocoa 1/2 C flour 1/2 C chopped […]
Breakfast
Oatmeal-Walnut Muffins
1-3/4 C flour 1/4 C sugar 2 T baking powder 1/2 t salt 1 C quick oats 1/2 C chopped walnuts 1 T cinnamon 1 egg 3/4 C milk 1/3 C vegetable oil Preheat the […]
Meps original
Buttermilk Beans With Pomegranates and Toasted Walnuts
This was beautiful, but we ate it too fast to get a photograph. It’s as delicious as it is beautiful, but you’ll just have to take my word. 1-1/2 C cooked baby lima beans (you […]
Cakes
Crockpot Dump Cake (pattern recipe)
This is not a real recipe, it’s a pattern, meaning there are a million ways to do it. Spray a crockpot with cooking spray, or grease it Dump in 2 cans of pie filling or […]
Side Dishes
Sauteed Cabbage with Black Pepper
Serves 4 1/2 large head of cabbage 1 T olive oil 1 small onion, sliced thin 1/8 t salt 2 cloves garlic, minced fine 1-1/2 t coarse-ground black pepper 2 t butter Remove the core […]