The bitter sweet part about living in the mitten state is the fact that spring is tantalizingly hung right in front of you with a beautiful week filled with sunny skies and 65F degree weather, just to be ripped from you on Sunday with a high of only 45F. So in order to cope with…
Category: Family Recipes
Cooking through my grandmother’s handwritten recipes and cookbooks :)
Swedish Cabbage Rolls
My goodness how long has it been now?? Don’t answer that, I know it has been a hot minute since my last post. Lots and lots has happened and I will be giving you all the dirty details but for now lets focus on the important stuff . . . food. Now I know that…
Grandma Bev’s Lasagna
Everyone has their classic favorite food. Pizza, fried chicken, spaghetti, tacos I bet you could name 50 others. Mine is lasagna. Actually my dad and I both LOVE lasagna; my family always jokes about how my father and I have the same taste buds. All of my favorite food seems to be his and it…
Aunt Ann’s Baked Chicken Superb!
Winter in Michigan is cold and grey and extenuates the need for good heart warming comfort food. While my grandma only spent a short time here in the mitten, she was always a midwestern lady. Residing mostly in Wisconsin and frequenting Minnesota to visit Aunt Ann, Grandma Bev was familiar with the cold. Thankfully her…
Homemade BBQ Ribs
There is nothing really like an old hand written family recipe. Caked with some sticky substance that you can only assume got there from the last time someone cared enough to take the card out and read the instructions. I wondered the last time someone might have used this one. You can tell by the…
Chicken Alexander
Chicken Alexander is a familiar dish to everyone. It’s been on restaurant menus, frozen meals you buy at the store and probably and in my case, your grandmother’s cook book. However when I was looking to see what the origin of this dish was the infamous “google” was irritatingly vague. I learned it is a…
Rich Double Chocolate Cake
Me, my mother and my sister LOVE chocolate. The richer the better. Dad on the other hand always prefer to be on the lighter side of things when it comes to our beloved cocoa bean. When I originally got my hands on Grandma’s (Dad’s mom) recipes it dawned on me why my Dad might have…
Venison Teriyaki Steak
A staple at my house is stir fry. If you were to ask me right now what my favorite food is, while steak comes to mind immediately its really anything off our local Chinese take out menu. Plus as a healthcare professional my working hours vary, and when I come home late and still need…
Rosemary and Garlic Cast Iron Steak
You have not eaten steak until you have had a cast iron steak. Seriously guys. I have been blessed with a man that loves to grill and is good at grilling. He takes pride in it too! To the point where when I pulled out steak James was disappointed, no he was upset I wasn’t…
Whiskey Cake
Fun fact: bundt cakes were all the rage in the late 60s and early 70s. You know how I know this? Because Grandma Dinsmore (my dad’s mom) has about 20 different bundt cake recipes. When Dad and I were talking about this recipe the other day he recalled how often his mom would make bundt…
I'll Leave The Kitchen Light On 