Baked Lentils

This was filed as a casserole although maybe it could be a side dish? It sounds sweet and savory, sort of like baked beans. A few notes – after the lentils boil 30 minutes, remove the onion stuck with the cloves & the bay leaf. Place everything into a casserole dish (I’m not sure of … Continue reading

Special Herb Rice

Today’s recipe comes from Martha Randall, a Home Economist for the Ralph’s grocery store chain in California during the 60s and 70s. Ms Randall wrote some cookbooks while employed by Ralph’s and you can find some of them on eBay. Of course in this recipe it specifically calls for Ralph’s branded items and while the … Continue reading

Sour Cream Potato Salad

Clipped from some unknown magazine we find a recipe for Sour Cream Potato Salad. Although there is thankfully an absence of gelatin, this does call for the salad to be packed into a jello mold and chilled. I don’t love potato salad, but my mother used to make a red potato salad that I loved. … Continue reading

Homemade Bisquick

If you ever thought in a moment of frugality that you could make something just as easily as buy it (and often at less expense) then you might like to try this recipe for homemade Bisquick. Bisquick is a baking base mix that has numerous uses for pastry, biscuits, pies, cobblers and more. We use … Continue reading