When I started this project my mom sent me a stack of her old recipe cards. Some of those cards were given to her or written for her by her mother shortly after she got married. My mom got married very young and she admits she had a lot to learn in a very short…
Grandma Compton’s Eggs Goldenrod
Eggs Goldenrod is an old-school recipe. Near as I can tell, it first appears in print in the 1896 “Boston Cooking School Cookbook” by Fannie Merritt Farmer as Eggs ala Goldenrod. The classic rendition was a simple thin white sauce with the finely chopped whites of hard boiled eggs mixed in, served over toast points,…
Mom’s Tomato Mac n’ Cheese
My mom was recently in town visiting and we got to talking about food and old recipes. As a kid, we had a few staples that were part of the normal rotation. These were Mom’s go-to recipes that were either quick, easy, or fit our usually-tight budget. One of those classic go-to favorites in our house…
Lemon Pound Cake
Can Lemon Pound Cake be an addiction? Merelyn had been in a habit of stopping at Starbucks on her way to work to grab a coffee. Usually having skipped breakfast, she would almost always grab a piece of their Lemon Pound Cake with her morning Chai. Before long, I’m pretty sure she was stopping for the…
Grandma’s Peanut Butter Cookies
Among the stack of recipes my grandmother sent me was her Peanut Butter Cookie recipe. This year when Merelyn and I decided to do something nice for our neighbors, we pulled out a handful of cookie recipes from the family recipe folder and made several batches to hand out. They turned out great and we…
Roasted Garlic Soup
Fall and Winter season is Soup Season, even here in Arizona where it doesn’t really get that cold. We still like a hearty bowl of hot soup with something crusty and cheesy to dip in it. This year, as I set up to start doing batches of soups to can and store for the Winter,…
Jalapeno Mac and Cheese
My family has several versions of Mac and Cheese. I grew up eating my Mom’s Mac and Cheese which was a variation on a recipe she learned from my grandmother. It was a staple around our house growing up and we loved it…good old fashioned comfort food at it’s best. My wife is a sucker…
Grandma Killen’s Peanut Butter Fudge
I have pretty vague memories of my grandma Killen, but I feel like I am lucky to have any memories at all. Most people I have met never got to meet their great-grandparents and I was lucky enough to have nearly all of them around as a kid. I have very fuzzy memories of holiday…
Homemade Kahlua
This recipe came from my grandmother on my mother’s side. According to my mother, my grandmother would make batches of Kahlua every year around Christmas to hand out as gifts. It was a tradition for some time and eventually my mother got her recipe and started making it as well. I do remember Kaluha being…
Mexican Quinoa
My grandmother always made “Spanish Rice” as a side dish when cooking Mexican dishes like enchiladas or chile rellenos. Her dish was a simple rice-o-roni with a can of diced tomatoes and black olives. My other grandmother had a similar dish using instant white rice, but hers had ground beef and a few more vegetables…