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Food is memories. Good food is good memories.

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Poultry Bone Stock

September 29, 2016 By Cynthia 1 Comment

Poultry Bone Stock

Growing up we always had a bag in the freezer where my mom would collect all kinds of interesting vegetable bits. She would save the ends of celery stalks, the ends of carrots, bits of unused onions, and even any leftover cooked vegetables and the water they were cooked in. She … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dairy Free, Food Memory, Ingredient, Soup Tagged With: Bone Broth, Broth, Comfort Food, easy, Granny, Old Classics, Sauce, savory, soup, YUM

Blushing Clam Chowder …Soup? …Chowder! …Soup!

May 13, 2016 By Cynthia Leave a Comment

Blushing Clam Chowder …Soup? …Chowder! …Soup!

I love clam chowder, always have. When I was younger Granny Mack would make both Manhattan style clam chowder and New England style. While I really loved the taste of the cream and the butter in the New England style, I much preferred the 'broth-y' consistency of the Manhattan … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food Memory, Gluten Free, Granny Mack, Lunch, Main Dish, Meal in a bowl, One Pot Meal, Seafood, Soup Tagged With: clams, Comfort Food, creamy, easy, Granny, Old Classics, one bowl meal, Seafood, soup, tasty, YUM, yummy

Spicy Cucumber and Sweet Onion Salad

July 22, 2015 By Cynthia 4 Comments

Spicy Cucumber and Sweet Onion Salad

Hello Sons! We are going old-school today! This is a full-on Granny M. recipe (with just a few Mom tweaks). Granny M. would make this all the time in the summer. There always seemed to be a bowl in the refrigerator, tightly covered with plastic wrap. She called this a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food Memory, Granny Mack, Pickles, Retro, Salad Tagged With: easy, Granny, New twists, Old Classics, spicy, summer, YUM

Pierogis (Ukrainian Dumplings)

June 8, 2015 By Cynthia Leave a Comment

Pierogis (Ukrainian Dumplings)

Dear Sons, Growing up there was never any important family holiday where pierogies where not served. You would think that our family was Ukrainian or Polish.... we were/are not! Every Christmas, and birthday these were always the most anticipated treat on the menu. I can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chistmas, Food Memory, Granny Mack, History, Main Dish, Retro, Thanksgiving Tagged With: Granny, Holiday dish, NOT healthy, Old Recipes, Pierogi, YUM

Apple-Sauce Cake

November 30, 2014 By Cynthia Leave a Comment

Apple-Sauce Cake

Hi Sons, So I have a question for you.... Is there a better way to eat fresh healthy and yummy apple sauce? The answer is YES! Mix it up with butter, sugar, warm yummy spices and bake it up in a cake! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dessert, Food Memory, Granny Mack Tagged With: apples, fall, Granny

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