This cottage cheese dish was served on the salad bar at a local steakhouse for over sixty years. The establishment opened in 1952, long before the Interstate system connected our country. Highway 30 connected east and west in a ribbon that strung through Beef country. Steakhouses dotted the landscape in those days. This iconic concoction…
Fresh Peach Pie Starts With 1 Great Crust and 6 Perfect Peaches
Fresh peach pie is another one of summer’s incredible delights. Today, there are so many different peach hybrids that “peach season” has expanded to last from May to September! Peaches are showing up in grocery stores now, and soon there will be roadside stands laden with aromatic peaches grown closer to home. Fresh ripe peaches…
Make This Fast And Easy 5 Ingredient Broccoli Slaw
Broccoli slaw? In a bag? Everything is already shredded for me? It’s right in the produce section? I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I had never, ever noticed it. What a mistake! I am so happy I finally found it!! Last week, I took a little road trip to spend a day with an old…
The Best Lemon Cake Recipe For 60 Years And Counting
Lemon cake is a perfect dessert for summer (and fall, and winter, and spring.) I have baked more lemon cakes than every other kind of cake combined because everyone loves it. This simple lemon cake is a sunny, yummy classic. I still use a recipe from the 1960s that circulated among the staff at the…
How To Make A Luscious No-Bake 4-Layer Lemon Dessert
A cool lemon dessert is a perfect fit for summer. Sunny, tart, and lovely to see. This one is especially terrific because it’s no-bake! Who wants to turn on her oven when it’s 90 degrees? Not me! I adore lemon, and I love cool, creamy desserts! This lemon dessert starts with very simple ingredients and…
Plate Licking 4 Layer Chocolate Dessert
Someone you know is going to be crazy about this 4-layer chocolate dessert. For some people, chocolate is a food group. We all know a person who honestly believes there’s no such thing as too much chocolate. For them, the creamiest, chocolatiest chocolate desserts are a sacrament. This recipe is for those people. This impressive-looking…
A Forgotten Asparagus Recipe From 1970 Found At Last
Asparagus season is as fleeting as a junior high romance. So, it’s essential to eat as much fresh asparagus as you can, while you can because when it’s over, it’s over! Asparagus is at its peak right now. So, today I’d like to share an old asparagus recipe I tracked down after half a century….
Salad Nicoise Is A Fancy Name For A Fresh Farm To Table Supper
Salad Nicoise (pronounced “nee-swaaz”) is a beautiful example of a lovely main dish salad. It uses simple, fresh, available ingredients. Don’t let the fancy-sounding name fool you. It is not a tossed salad. Instead, in Salad Nicoise, we arrange the components artfully to please the eye as well as the taste buds! When done this…
4 Ingredient Houdini Chicken Helps You Escape The Kitchen Fast
Houdini Chicken is a revelation I wish I’d known about 30 years ago. I was a time-starved working mom with hungry kids to feed. Better late than never, though, right? My brother passed along this straightforward recipe to me recently. He and his wife are both retired empty nesters. They are no longer rushing around…
7 Fast Fantastic Meals You Can Have On The Dinner Table In Under An Hour
Yes! Fast, fantastic meals are possible, folks. Mealtime rolls around with alarming regularity. How often has 5:00 sneaked up on you and found you scratching your head!? Here’s a collection of delicious meals that give an entirely new meaning to “flash in a pan” or “fast food!” There’s nothing fancy here, you don’t need exotic…