Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert is an easy dessert that you can make from a few items in the pantry and freezer at any time of the year. It works well for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother's Day, bridal or baby showers, etc. It is sweet and rich, yet somehow also seems light and refreshing. It is a rather nostalgic dessert as it reminds me a little of an orange push-up ice cream treat from my childhood. Plus, it is a molded gelatin dessert, which always reminds me of the past. As with other gelatin and fruit dishes, someone might call this a "Jello salad" in the United States. However, this recipe uses an entire quart of orange sherbert in addition to gelatin, so I can not bring myself … Continue Reading about Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert
Der Dutchman Restaurant in Holmes County, Ohio
The Amish Country in Ohio is a great area to get home-style comfort food that is consistently delicious. My two favorite place are actually owned by the same company that also has locations in Florida. Although they still own less than 10 restaurants, it is a much larger company than I ever expected to be […]
Sweet and Sour Green Beans
I was reading through some of my cookbooks looking for a new way to fix mushrooms and instead found a recipe for “pickled” green beans. It was in one of my favorite cookbooks, A Taste of Toronto (Ohio, that is). So, I decided to give them a try. Although they were called pickled green beans, […]
Bacon-Wrapped Water Chestnuts
Yesterday, I started sharing recipes from my menu of miniature foods for a dinner party at my house with miniature lamb sliders. Today, I am pushing the small bites even further by making what resembles an even smaller version of the popular bacon-wrapped scallop appetizer. The second dish is bacon-wrapped water chestnuts. Why make bacon-wrapped […]
Lamb Sliders and Tzatziki Sauce
When planning for a group to come over to my house, I decided to have a selection of finger foods (appetizers) instead of having a formal dinner. Although I did not have a “theme,” I did try to make as many miniature versions of dishes that I would normally make or serve in larger portions. […]
Homemade Fifth Avenue Candy
My sister and brother-in-law make these delicious candies every year and often give them away in Christmas gifts. This year I was lucky enough to get to make them with my sister…..you should not expect any as gift this year as I brought most of them home with me (well, minus what we ate on […]
Pineapple Casserole
I ran across a recipe in myThe Blue Willow Inn Cookbook: Discover Why the Best Small-Town Restaurant in the South is in Social Circle, Georgia cookbook for pineapple casserole. I had never heard of pineapple casserole before reading this recipe, but I was intrigued…especially since I just purchased a dozen cans of pineapple on sale […]
Mom’s Glazed Sweet Potatoes
I think one of the most requested dishes of my mom for extended family holiday gatherings was her sweet potatoes (her minced meat pie was the other). It was also one of the messiest dishes to transport as the sauce had a tendency to spill out on some turn or hill as we went; however, […]
Simply Roasted Turkey
It seems there are almost as many ways of cooking turkeys as there are people who cook turkeys…brine, fry, barbecue, smoke, etc. I like them all; however, some of the methods are very time consuming and involve extra tools and/or ingredients. To me, they are great for a special occasion (with the exception of an […]
Tropical Barbecue Pork Chops
Sometimes when my husband cooks, he tries to get creative. The results of what he ends up with are usually nothing I would even think of sharing; however, there are exceptions. Much to my surprise, his twist on my ketchup and brown sugar pork chops is one of those exceptions. They were delicious! Frankly, I […]
Mashed Potato Pancakes a.k.a. Potato Cakes
There were very few things my mom refused to eat and many of them had some childhood memory associated with them. Cold mashed potatoes were one of those things. She said that by the time the got to eat the mashed potatoes they were often cold. Thus at our house, mashed potatoes were one of […]
