I’m traveling for work today so I’m feeling out of sorts and missing my man back at home. Whenever I travel I always search for that comfort, and it’s usually in the shape of food. For me it’s either cookies or gummy bears, so I thought I’d share one of my favorite cookie recipes! Lemon…
Category: Family Recipes
Aunt Ida’s Sweet & Spicy Dill Pickles
I am so very fortunate to have known my Great Great Aunt Ida. She was an amazing woman doing all these gardening, cooking, and sewing things constantly. We lived just a couple miles from her so I would go there quite a bit as a child. I’d always get to pick and peel garlic for…
Classic Green Bean Casserole
It’s Thursday, my favorite Thursday (besides my birthday when it falls on a Thursday) is Thanksgiving and I’m feeling a little festive for no real reason other than that it’s finally March and starting to warm up in here Minnesota! I love Thanksgiving and the idea of sharing thankfulness and gratitude, enjoying family traditions, and…
Dad’s Famous Spaghetti Sauce
Growing up my dad always made the best spaghetti. It was savory, meaty, and sweet, and everyone loved it. He’d make it while camping or at home and everyone who tried it always had a ton of wonderful things to say! My dad rarely writes down recipes he uses, and would rarely read recipes from…
Quick Breakfast Bagel Sandwich
Happy Friday!!! Are you looking forward to the weekend as much as I am? It’s been a long week to say the least. During stressful weeks I tend to even wake up hungry so I have been savoring this yummy start to the morning this week and thought it was the perfect time to share!…
Grandma Catherine’s Chocolate Drop Cookies
Drop cookies are quick and tasty cookies that require no oven. Just a stove top and a little patience. My mom made drop cookies all the time for us kids growing up, in the summer there’d be a ton of us with me and my cousins running around the farm so she’d whip these up…
Great Grandma’s Divinity Candy
Is there anything better than finding an old recipe with your loved one’s handwriting on an old yellowed sheet of paper? When I started collecting old family recipes a couple years ago for a printed family cookbook my mom would send me photos of old recipes she had. Seeing the handwriting and old typewriter written…
Breakfast Catastrophe
Happy Valentine’s Day! This year for Valentine’s Day I’m going to share one of my most beloved breakfast dishes! Breakfast should be a lot of things, but most of all it should be delicious and versatile! I’ve made this Catastrophe on the stove top, outside over a fire, and even in the microwave… yes, those…
Grandma Catherine’s Pancakes
Spending the night at Grandma’s as a child meant we got pancakes the next morning!! They were delicious and fluffy and covered in butter and syrup (or granulated sugar for my mom that didn’t like syrup). It was the perfect breakfast and one of my favorite food memories. Grandma made her pancakes from scratch, no…
Squared's Cookies 