Beets with Orange Sauce

  Beets. With a thick orange sauce on them. Yummmm. Or not. I like beets either pickled or roasted. I guess I’m a bit of a beet purist. My folks grew a variety of vegetables when I was growing up and beets were one of them – carrots, chard, spinach, onions, etc. Anyway, my mother … Continue reading

Late for Lincon’s Luncheon

It always seems like when I plan ahead something comes up and I fall behind again! Here is the menu from Irene B. that I had planned to post for Lincoln’s Birthday, just a week late. I would imagine this to have been a more festive menu that the previous page of menus, of which … Continue reading

Mary’s Nut Rolls

  A slip of paper about the size of a bookmarker serves as the medium for this recipe for nut rolls. I am guessing that once you make the dough, you roll it in some way, maybe like a cinnamon roll? The “can” of milk here refers to condensed milk. I also notice there aren’t … Continue reading

Blackberry Wine Cake

  I realize this is entitled Blackberry Wine Cake but every time I look at the handwriting, I see “Whine” haha. However that may be due to me having a five-year-old. :-) I can’t say that I have tried blackberry wine cake, but it sounds like the kind of thing that is going to come … Continue reading

Marbled Cheesecake

This cheesecake recipe sort of defeats the purpose of making cheesecake, in that it is made with low fat or light ingredients! However, if you love cheesecake but can’t eat or don’t want to eat the fat, you could lighten it up by using low fat, light or other lighter ingredients. What we give up … Continue reading