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Desserts - Chocolate Chip Cookie - Chocolate Chip Cookies with a Secret Beginning with basics such as granola, walnuts, eggs, brown and white sugars, cinnamon and vanilla extract, these innovative chocolate chip cookies have a slew of secret ingredients from chestnut paste and lemon juice, to maple flavoring, orange liqueur, and rosemary-flavored chocolate. Praline paste may be substituted for chestnut paste.
Grandma Emma's Spice Loaf a moist quick bread that contains raisins and nuts. a seasonal favorite for the family.
Main Dishes - Beef - True Cheeseburger Pizza In this dish for the whole family, a pre-baked pizza crust is topped with all the flavors of a traditional cheeseburger.
Nana's Peach Parfait Pie - Desserts - No-Bake Pie This family favorite peach parfait pie has been handed down through the generations and is ideal for a hot summer day.
Meat and Poultry - Pork Supreme This recipe for a main dish is fantastic. a simple and excellent method for utilizing leftover roast pork. The whole family enjoys it!
Sauces and Condiments - Homemade Sweet Zucchini Relish Potato salad or homemade dressings taste great when served with homemade sweet zucchini relish made in the same manner as grandma used to.
Easy Chicken Enchilada Soup - Soup
Desserts - Chocolate Chip Cookie - Chocolate Chip Cookies with a Secret Beginning with basics such as granola, walnuts, eggs, brown and white sugars, cinnamon and vanilla extract, these innovative chocolate chip cookies have a slew of secret ingredients from chestnut paste and lemon juice, to maple flavoring, orange liqueur, and rosemary-flavored chocolate. Praline paste may be substituted for chestnut paste.
Upside-Down Cake - Mocha Upside-Down Cake This mocha upside-down cake, with plenty of chocolate and coffee, has been passed down through generations and will become a family favorite.
Breakfast Bread - Kolaches From the Bread Machine A favorite among the family made simple. It takes less time to prepare the dough in a bread machine than it does to knead it by hand. When we would visit, my grandmother used to make these. I can now prepare them for her.
Grilled Polenta with Strawberries - Fruit Desserts
Fried Cabbage with Bacon, Onion, and Garlic - Side Dish - Cabbage This delicious fried cabbage with bacon brings together superb flavors and simple preparation. Slow cooking makes it melt-in-your-mouth irresistible.
Meatloaf - Incredibly Cheesy Turkey Meatloaf This incredible meatloaf is sure to be a family favorite. It's SIMPLE to make using turkey, loads of cheese, and Italian bread crumbs.
Roasted New York Strip Steak with Chimichurri Sauce - Beef
Margaret's Keftedes Greek Meatballs - Cuisine This is a family favorite recipe from the Kyparissia village that belonged to my yia yia. Serve as an appetizer or as a complete meal with pita or pasta, tzatziki, and Greek salata. They are delicious when served at room temperature and make excellent leftovers. Try replacing the lamb with all beef if you don't like it.
Seafood Main Dishes - Thyme Salmon with Sage Pasta
Soups, Stews and Chili - Creamy Crab Chowder This easy-to-make, family-favorite creamy crab chowder is made with sauteed celery, onions, garlic, and parsley.
Tsukune Japanese Chicken Meatballs - Cuisine Ground chicken is seasoned with ginger, sake, miso, and sake, shaped into meatballs, and grilled in this recipe for Japanese-style Tsukune.
Nanna's Banana Bread This loaf of bread is a family favorite that my Nanna Towgood has been making for more than 40 years. It is moist, flavorful, and just the right amount of sweet. The walnuts can be replaced with chocolate chips.
Eastern European Kotlety - Eastern European
Chipotle Meatballs Perfectly poppable and easy to make, these chipotle meatballs make a flavorful addition to any party or potluck.
Swiss Steak For a tender main dish, simmer round steak with tomatoes, green bell pepper, and onion.