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Take the Stress Out of Holiday Cooking
Tips for making a hassle-free holiday meal (Family Features) This year, nearly 70 percent of people will cook all or part of a holiday meal. For some, that could mean cooking enough food for at least...
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Let’s Fight Holiday Fat
Tips for surviving the season (Family Features) The holidays can be a stressful and tempting time to derail or delay weight loss goals. For the millions of Americans who will resolve to lose weight...
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Cup Custard ~ 1933 Magic Chef
Vintage cookbooks give us a snapshot of life at the time they were published. This recipe was in the 1933 copy of Magic Chef Cooking. It was a common dessert and I’m sure cooks were glad to have this...
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1992 Women’s Circle Home Cooking – Light & Easy Recipes ~ Vintage Cookbook
Women’s Circle Home Cooking – Light & Easy Recipes is one of the cookbooks I found on a trip to my local thrift store. I love looking at old cookbooks! It’s like taking a walk thru time! Paperback,...
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Cool Cooking with Red Hot Tomatoes
Tomatoes on ToastPita PerfectTomato Basil SoupSpaghetti with Marinara SauceTomato Cornbread (Family Features) Ketchup may be the first thing you think of when tomatoes are mentioned. But tomatoes are...
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Appetites, Ingredients Change with the Seasons
Butternut Squash & Linguine (Family Features) Just as our wardrobe adjusts to the cooler weather, so, too, do our appetites as we enjoy warm, comforting dishes to stave off the chill in the air....
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White Spaghetti Recipe
Spaghetti is a favorite dish at our house. We probably eat it two or three times a month, and that’s not counting leftovers! Usually, we make it with tomato sauce and meatballs. Sometimes I try a...
View ArticleChocolate Chip Brownies
My sister in law is a fantastic cook. I’m not kidding. Awhile back she made some brownies that were absolutely the best I’ve ever had… well, almost every brownie has been the best I’ve ever had. But...
View ArticleEggs In Nest
This is one of those old fashioned recipes that takes people back to their childhood. I’ve been told that many grandmas would fix this breakfast when the children would spend the night. Now, that...
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1970 Portable Electric Cookery ~ Vintage Cookbook
This cookbook is the type that was included with the purchase of an electric kitchen appliance. The intention of this sort of cookbook was to train the housewife how to use her new appliance and...
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Rivel Soup ~ 1980 More Country Cooking
A traditional recipe, taken from the collection of country recipes printed in More Country Cooking. Rivel Soup Brown 1 tbsp butter in a 3 qt sauce pan. Add 2 qt milk and bring to a boil. Meanwhile mix...
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The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men
This article originally published in the Galion Inquirer on September 7, 2011. Labor Day weekend was coming up. A holiday that means three days off work! I had big plans for the time. House cleaning,...
View ArticleChili Cook Off Entry
Like so many places across the country, my office is having a chili cook-off contest. It’s that time of year. The weather sure makes me want to scoop up a bowl of warm chili! I’ve made two different...
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Ham Soup Beans and Cornbread
This article originally published in the Galion Inquirer on September 27, 2011. Cold and rainy weather here this last week prompted me to pull out the crock pot and cook up some warm foods. We had a...
View ArticleChili Cook Off Entry
Like so many places across the country, my office is having a chili cook-off contest. It’s that time of year. The weather sure makes me want to scoop up a bowl of warm chili! I’ve made two different...
View ArticleChocolate Chip Brownies
My sister in law is a fantastic cook. I’m not kidding. Awhile back she made some brownies that were absolutely the best I’ve ever had… well, almost every brownie has been the best I’ve ever had. But...
View ArticleEggs In Nest
This is one of those old fashioned recipes that takes people back to their childhood. I’ve been told that many grandmas would fix this breakfast when the children would spend the night. Now, that...
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1970 Portable Electric Cookery ~ Vintage Cookbook
This cookbook is the type that was included with the purchase of an electric kitchen appliance. The intention of this sort of cookbook was to train the housewife how to use her new appliance and...
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1992 Women’s Circle Home Cooking – Light & Easy Recipes ~ Vintage Cookbook
Women’s Circle Home Cooking – Light & Easy Recipes is one of the cookbooks I found on a trip to my local thrift store. I love looking at old cookbooks! It’s like taking a walk thru time! Paperback,...
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White Spaghetti Recipe
Spaghetti is a favorite dish at our house. We probably eat it two or three times a month, and that’s not counting leftovers! Usually, we make it with tomato sauce and meatballs. Sometimes I try a...
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