I thought you might like to see how the house is coming along since its barren, muddy days. We almost became the opposite, a complete jungle, when the mower broke before we went on vacation. YIKES. But John was able to get it mowed today–and look! It almost looks like a real yard! This is…
Family Recipes: Chicken Divan, The Spiced Life Family Style
This casserole peppered my childhood. As long as Dad wasn’t home (he worked out of town regularly and to this day hates curry powder), this was an easy dinner for Mom to rely on. It was taught to her by the mother of one of my playdate friends when we were pretty little (Josie and…
Back By Popular Demand!
Thanks to all who asked me about another Grandma’s Recipes blog event. I just wanted to send you over to The Life and Loves of Grumpy’s HoneyBunch, where HoneyB will be hosting the first installment of our new monthly event, Family Recipes: Memories of Family, Food & Fun! We wanted to open it up to…
Round Up for Grandma’s Recipes Event
Wow the time went so fast. I worried no one would participate in my first blogging event, but they did. And they are great entries. If, like me, food for you is tied up in memories, family and emotion, then you will really appreciate these dishes and the stories that accompany them. I urge you…
Grandma’s Beef and Noodles
It took my mom 30 years to manage to make her Beef and Noodles exactly like Grandma’s, so I suppose I should not be disheartened. And in fairness to both my mom and myself, my mom is hamstrung by my dad’s complete aversion to salt and I on the other hand was hamstrung by either…