A while back, I posted a recipe for a bouquet garni – basically a selection of herbs or spices, either tied or in a cheese cloth pouch. Since we have all new appliances that are significantly better than anything I have ever used in my life, I felt I needed to have a practice run on making a turkey before Thanksgiving next month. We did that yesterday, and I used a bouquet garni to season the bird with some amazing flavors. Continue reading
Enchilada Casserole
This is another microwave casserole I made during the dark days of no stove or oven during construction. I adapted it from a recipe that required baking, but I realized I could do it the easy way. I have made it with Fritos and gourmet tortilla chips, but I found regular old tortilla chips in a bag – like Tostitos – do the best. Adapt this how you like for your family, as well! Continue reading
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KJ Potatoes
During the past 10 months of construction, I had to get creative in my cooking efforts since I lacked a stove. Or regular oven. Necessity is the mother of invention however, and I made up a dinner that my family enjoyed. I don’t think I will make it again just because it feels like “construction food” haha, but it was good during the cold winter and filling, and easy. Continue reading
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On the home stretch…
My dear, patient readers and friends,
Last year I asked for your patience as I went on hiatus for some home construction. You can look at the post previous to this one to see where we were at that time – concrete floors, framed walls, no insulation.
Here we are today
Although it has taken longer than predicted – what major construction project ever finishes early? – we are finally on the home stretch! What does this mean? Continue reading
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Hiatus
Hello vintage-handwritten-antique recipe lovers! Thank you every single one of you for helping to make this website so very popular! Every day we continue to gain new followers from the website and the Facebook page, and I am overwhelmed and grateful.
When I started this little project with 150 of my grandmother’s recipe cards, I never expected we would have so many kindred spirits out in the world who would enjoy this along with me. The project has grown to encompass numerous grandmothers, mothers, aunts, friends, grandmother’s of friends, etc. and many many more. I have found recipe cards in little boxes in stores from antique to junk, on eBay and thrift sites. Some recipes seem to find their way to many people, such as the easy and quick lasagna recipes which are so popular they still appear in cookbooks today. Continue reading
Gram's Recipe Box 