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
Black Cherry Jello Salad
One of the family traditions that my mother carried on for my father was to serve her mother-in-law’s black cherry Jello salad at Christmas. It is one of the dishes that I make for my family at Christmas as well. It can easily be served as a dessert despite being called a salad, especially when […]
Homemade Candy: Peppermint Patties
I am very far behind on my Christmas shopping, candy making, and baking this year. In fact, I just made my very first batch of candy (okay, I technically tried to make two others but learned the hard way that both of my candy thermometers were no longer even close to accurate). Thus, I decided […]
Alan’s Shrimp Mousse Mold
There are some recipes that are great for gatherings and parties that need to be made ahead of time to be their best…Alan’s shrimp mousse is one of them. I like to have several dishes that can be made before the day of the event so I don’t have to do all the cooking just […]
Marinated Mushroom and Olive Salad
This is one of my mother-in-law’s recipes that she was given by another teacher some years ago. She usually serves it for large family gatherings and none of it is leftover. My husband actually made it for a gathering at our house over the weekend. As I am not a much of a fan of […]
Broccoli Salad
One of my favorite dishes for potlucks, holiday dinners, or, well…anytime is broccoli salad. It is versatile, colorful, delicious, and not complicated to make. Although I usually buy broccoli by the bunches to make the salad, I found a great deal of pre-cut broccoli florets that were fresh. Despite my trimming many of the florets […]
Cranberry Salad
There have been very few holiday meals in my life that have not included my mom’s cranberry salad. In fact, I was surprised to discover on my first Thanksgiving with my in-laws that not everyone made cranberry salad as part of all of their holiday celebrations and ate the stuff out of a can instead. […]
German Home-Style Red Cabbage
I found a cookbook in the library called The Cuisines of Germany by Horst Scharfenberg. After reading just a few pages, I was hooked. Despite it being out of print, I managed to track down a copy on the Internet. It is now among my favorite cookbooks in my collection. The region where I currently […]
Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes
It is a great help to be able to make some side dishes ahead of time whether you are serving a large crowd, a holiday meal, or even a small family dinner. It is even better when those sides are simple to make and loved by kids. My version of mashed potatoes that can be […]
French Apple Cobbler
After making three apple cakes for our church dinner about a month ago, I still had a lot of leftover Granny Smith apples. My plan was to make up a few apple pies and freeze them. I still would have apples left (I got carried away at the orchard), so I decided to make a […]
Brown Sugar Oatmeal Pancakes
Although it was not that long ago that I posted a very good recipe for oatmeal pancakes, I decided to post another recipe from the same cookbook for a slightly different version of oatmeal pancakes in honor of National Oatmeal Day (October 29). This recipe creates a fairly dense pancake with a slightly sweet, almost […]
