This is a recipe from one of the LaLeche League cookbooks that I have found so useful for the past 19 years; they are excellent for recipes that use whole, non-processed foods, and are easy and quick to prepare.
½ cup sesame seeds
¼ cup slivered almonds
½ cup crushed oriental noodles
2 T butter
¼ cup oil
¾ cup [...]
This is a recipe that I used to make with my childhood friend Shari Hart.
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder (unsweetened)
1/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons butter
1/2 cup corn syrup
4 cups Corn Flakes (dry cereal)
In a heavy bottomed saucepan or top of double boiler, mix together sugar, cocoa powder, butter, and corn [...]
Another favourite of ours from sweet Ruby! And another that always tastes so much better when she makes it — without a recipe. I’ve had lessons for this Filipino dish from Ruby, and from Lita, as well! Here’s the recipe that she kindly wrote out; it’s so hard to do that when one just cooks [...]
No matter what I do, mine never taste as good as my dear friend Ruby’s, even though I’ve had lessons from her! I’m the luckiest woman in the world that she brings me treats when she makes them…when I eat Ruby’s Filipino spring rolls, it’s like I’ve died and gone to heaven. Here’s the recipe [...]
Not food…for making wonderful solution for blowing bubbles (way better than store bought)!
1/2 cup Sunlight liquid dish detergent (honestly, this works the best)
2 + 1/2 cups water
1 Tablespoon glycerine (buy at a pharmacy)
1 + 1/2 teaspoons granulated white sugar
Stir all ingredients together until well mixed. Makes about 3 cups.
Make bubble wands [...]
I’m an admitted pastry-phobe, even after a very patient friend gave myself and another pastryphobic friend lessons! That’s why I really like my friend Roberta’s pat-in-pan sweet, cookieish recipe for fruit pies. I make a sour cherry filling for this from my friend Tovah’s recipe collection.
Pie Crust:
2″ butter (about 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup)
1/4 cup [...]
Not really Stroganoff, but hey, that’s what the original recipe in the Working Woman’s book was called! Doesn’t every woman work? Some just get paid for it… My variations are in red.
1 medium onion, finely chopped
4oz can of mushrooms (2 cups chopped fresh mushrooms)
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (2 cloves garlic, minced)
1 lb lean ground beef
1 [...]
Filling:
1/3 cup butter, very softened
1 cup brown sugar
3 teaspoons cinnamon
Biscuit:
2 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, cut into cubes
1 egg
2/3 cup milk
Directions
Preheat oven to 400F. Butter a 12-hole muffin pan (alternatively, use a buttered 9″ x 9″ cake pan).
Filling:
Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together. Set aside. Set aside [...]
