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Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert

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

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Creamed Tomatoes: Version 1, No Cream

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My mother and grandmothers would frequently make creamed tomatoes when I was a child. As a child, I don’t think I appreciated the dish as much as I do as an adult. It has turned out to be one of my comfort foods (or at least they are until my allergy to citric acid really kicks in :)).

I liked/like them served in a bowl with nothing else. However, my mother often made them with dumplings cooked in them.

With no one left to ask nor a recipe left behind, I realized I had forgotten how my mom made them. Thus, began a series of trials and errors.

One of the challenges in matching my mom’s recipe was that she used home canned tomatoes…not the store bought stuff I had. However, I stayed with using whole, low sodium tomatoes to be as close as possible to her tomatoes.

The first result that tasted very close to my mother’s is my aunt’s method. It does not contain any cream.

: Creamed Tomatoes Without Cream
  1. 1 28 oz. can whole tomatoes (cooked fresh tomatoes can be used)
  2. 1 Tbsp. butter
  3. sugar, to taste (about 1/8 c.)
  4. salt, to taste
  5. 1 Tbsp. corn starch
  6. 1 Tbsp. Wonder flour (can use just corn starch, instead)
  1. Add tomatoes to a pan and smash with a potato masher or fork just until very chunky.
  2. Heat adding butter, sugar and salt.
  3. Place corn starch to a small bowl adding enough of hot tomato liquid to it to form a slurry.
  4. Slowly add slurry to hot tomatoes and bring to a boil.
  5. Cook until until mixture has thickened.


Although these tasted like Mom’s, I believe she made them with milk also.  Version 2 will have that recipe.

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