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
Plans for a Somewhat Homemade Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving is going to be different…I am not going to be able to cook most of our meal ahead of time as I usually do. This means I had to think about what we were going to have and how I was going to get it cooked. Frankly, I don’t think what type of […]
Seven 1970’s Recipes, Recipe 7: Nora’s Cherry Cheesecake
This was a no-bake cheesecake my aunt made in the 1970’s and gave me the recipe. It was one of my favorites. It is the first “cheese cake” I had ever had. My daughter LOVES cheesecake and was super excited I would make her one – even though it does not look or taste like […]
Seven 1970’s Recipes, Recipe 6: Beef Liver and Onions
My mom made this dish often during the sixties and seventies, but not much later because of concerns about problems with locally raised beef livers (a long story that I think was finally answered by questions about local manufacturing involving C8) and cholesterol. She would make it every time my older sister came home because […]
Seven 1970′s Recipes, Recipe 5: City Chicken
No, city chicken did not originate in the 1970’s. As I mentioned in an earlier post, these are recipes that were introduced and made in my house growing up in the 1970’s. If you are not familiar, city chicken is not chicken at all. It is actually pork and veal or just pork cubes on […]
Seven 1970’s Recipes, Recipe 4: Mississippi Mud Cake
Today, I wanted to share one of my sister’s favorite cakes. It was first popular in the late 1970’s at our house. This recipe was one my aunt made. My mom’s did not have any nuts or coconut in it. Normally, I provide you with a picture of the finished product at the least. However, […]
Seven 1970′s Recipes, Recipe 3: (Homemade) Hamburger Helper aka. Hamburger Stroganoff
Yes, I know Homemade Hamburger Helper is an oxymoron. I realize Hamburger Helper was suppose to help the cook so they did not have to have everything homemade. However, Hamburger Helper is not exactly a recipe worthy of publishing on a food blog. However, Hamburger Helper was such a 1970’s food item, I could not […]
Seven 1970′s Recipes, Recipe 2: 7-Up Cake
Mom made this cake one year for my elementary school’s “Lawn Fete” and I really wanted it. I remember participating in the cake walk multiple times hoping to win it back. In the end, I went home with two cakes. One of them was indeed the cake my mom had taken to the school. She […]
Seven 1970′s Recipes, Recipe 1: Watergate Salad
In honor of the birth of my little sister, I decided to do seven recipes that were popular in our house during the decade in which she was born. Not all the recipes originated in the 1970’s. They were introduced and popular in our house in the 1970’s…. The first one is super simple, Watergate […]
Mom’s Jelly Roll
My mom used to make jelly rolls for her parents at their request. My grandmother was a fantastic cook, so I think it says a lot about my mom’s ability to make jelly rolls. It is always a yummy treat.
Steamed Georgia Shrimp With Maryland Seasoning
My husband is from Delaware. He was used to having access to fresh seafood. He could cook it (or buy it cooked) the same day it was caught. Thus, he loves seafood. He loves Maryland style crab cakes, blue crabs, shrimp and Old Bay Seasoning. I am from land-locked West Virginia. My exposure to seafood […]
