Old-Fashioned Comfort Foods
A fresh fruit salad recipe made with bananas, strawberries, oranges, and grapes and topped with sour cream honey dressing. Serve this fruit salad for breakfast or brunch as an accompaniment to pancakes, waffles, or scrambled eggs. Do you ever just browse the fresh produce section at the grocery store and scoop up a beautiful package … Read more
A summer fruit salad made with oranges, bananas, and pineapple and sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar and shredded coconut. Serve in individual parfaits for breakfast or brunch or make one big salad in a large glass serving bowl. Sometimes when the heat and humidity reaches a certain point, warm foods just don’t sound that good and … Read more
Who doesn’t need a few cost saving tips for buying groceries? Find tips for helping you slash your food costs and keep your grocery bill in check. In many areas of the country, the price of fresh foods, meats, and boxed goods seems to have skyrocketed. It seems like you can’t buy anything in a … Read more
A blueberry coffee cake recipe made with butter, sugar, eggs, and milk, blueberry pie filling, and a butter crumb topping. Serve for breakfast or brunch. Long past it seems are the days where you would get invited over to a neighbor’s house for coffee and cake in the afternoon to share the local happenings. These … Read more
A classic pesto pasta salad made with Rotini pasta, basil pesto, green olives, pine nuts, cherry tomatoes, peas, and fresh basil. Serve as a side dish or bring to a picnic. What do you bring to the family picnic or work potluck when you just want something different? Try this flavorful pasta salad! I have … Read more
This classic taco salad recipe is made with ground beef, onion, green pepper, tomato, kidney beans, cheese, taco chips, and Western dressing. Serve this recipe for a summer picnic or take a batch of it along to a potluck. It seems difficult to think how many years this particular recipe has been made for our … Read more
Corn cheese spaghetti casserole is an easy main dish casserole made with spaghetti, corn, cheddar cheese and bacon. This is a hearty comfort food the entire family will like. One of the best things about some of my favorite comfort foods are the choices available and they include so much more than only sweets and … Read more
An easy fried Chicken Parmesan recipe made with fresh chicken, Italian bread crumbs, marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, and served over a bed of spaghetti. Serve for an easy family weekend dinner. This is one of those recipes where you don’t know what you have missed for years until you make this at home. In our … Read more
Do you miss Grandma’s home style cooking? Make this southern fried chicken recipe for a taste of the past. Includes photos and instructions. One of the things I miss most about my Grandma was her home cooking. Perhaps you can relate. When she passed I inherited her recipe collection and this easy fried chicken was … Read more
A holiday brunch menu to serve featuring Eggs Benedict, cucumber salad, raisin muffins and a fresh fruit salad. Serve for a winter or holiday brunch or lunch. Of course, don’t forget the plate of holiday cookies and treats, along with any traditional favorites like pickles, olives, and other finger foods. A variety of sweet and … Read more
