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Family Recipe Challenge
By Blissfully Scrumptious
05/04/12 12:13
I have once again volunteered to be a judge for Very Good Recipes challenge! Each month a different group of judges decide on a theme and post their own recipe as an example. A prize is offered – this month a cookery book of your own choice for the top...
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Homemade ricotta and my super-secret family recipe New York cheesecake
By Adventures of the Kitchen Ninja
05/01/12 20:40
The world's greatest cheesecake, I swear to godI love cheese. No, I mean I really love cheese. As in, I always forgo dessert when we dine out if there's a cheeseplate on either the dessert or appetizer menu. So imagine my excitement when the April topic...
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Family Favorites - 24 Hour Salad
By The Iowa Housewife
03/22/13 09:00
24 Hour Salad is the perfect dish for entertaining – you must make it a day ahead, it’s pretty, and everyone loves it. I often double this recipe to “tote”; I always bring home an empty dish. It's perfect for holiday meals like Easter. This is my version...
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Annual Family Favorite
By Everyday Mom's Meals
01/17/12 06:00
Does your family have that one dish that you might only get once, maybe twice, a year when you're all gathered together, and for the other 11 months out of the year you crave it, dream about it, and think about the next time you'll get to indulge in it?...
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Family Favorites - Chicken Stew with Dumplings
By The Iowa Housewife
01/11/13 10:00
This is one of our favorite ways to use canned chicken and broth. It all cooks in one pot and the dumplings are extra delicious with the broth in the dumpling too. The dumplings thicken the broth to gravy. Of course, you can use any cooked chicken or turkey...
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Family Favorites - Bonnie's Waffles
By The Iowa Housewife
03/29/13 09:00
Bonnie, my sister-in-law of more than 40 years, was with me when I purchased a new waffle iron – a regular one – not the deep Belgian type. She gave me her favorite waffle recipe – she makes the whole recipe and freezes the leftovers to toast on another...
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Happy Family Birthday Cake
By Hankerie
04/30/12 14:23
This is the most challenging order thus far. Finishing the whole cake with all the necessary decorations within 6 hours. The most stressful part is to deliver the cake on 25th April evening, and I have limited time decorate it. I named this birthday cake...
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Quay Po and Family wish you all Merry x'mas and Happy New Year
By Quay Po Cooks
12/25/12 05:20
Brownies are one of my Quay Lo’s favorite dessert. He told me long ago that usually the pastries that passed themselves off as brownies here were little more than overly dry chocolate cake. He has often said that brownies are not cake. I have never figured...
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A family fruit cake - and my Granny's book
By eat-tori
03/12/12 10:19
The binding is becoming flimsy and the pages are lightly tanned. The pages of the book now remind me of the colour she liked her tea; "just scare it slightly with the tea bag, Tori". On the front there's an etching of of a pompous fellow in a chef's toque;...
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Children Friendly and a Quick Family Midweek Meal.......Spaghetti Bolognese Pie
By Lavender and Lovage
10/06/11 05:00
Children Friendly and a Quick Family Midweek Meal....... Spaghetti Bolognese Pie It's midweek, well okay it's Thursday, and you have run out of ideas of what to put on the table for a hot, tasty family meal that will appeal to the children as well as the...
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Family Favorites - Buttermilk Chive Bread
By The Iowa Housewife
03/08/13 10:00
This easy bread recipe is perfect to use Spring chives. These very nice loaves are excellent for ham, egg salad or chicken salad sandwiches and are delicious toasted. If you want to make 1 loaf in the food processor, click here. Buttermilk Chive Bread -...
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Sharing Family Traditions, Pecan Pie
By bobbie's baking blog
12/04/11 07:34
Sydney and I are blessed with a plethora of readers, some who have enjoyed sharing family stories, and treasured family recipes. A week or so ago a regular reader, Carolyn K surprised us with her family’s traditional pecan pie. Carolyn wrote how once a...
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Family Favorites - Bran and Wheat Germ Bread
By The Iowa Housewife
02/15/13 10:00
This is one of our favorite breads – the potato flakes make it moist and it keeps longer. The bran and wheat germ are optional; I sometimes just use one or the other. I slice these loaves when they are very cool; package in bread bags and freeze. We remove...
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Family Favorites - Best Ever Muffins
By The Iowa Housewife
02/01/13 10:00
This very basic muffin recipe is the one that both Myrna and I use. It is from the Better Homes and Gardens 1968 Red Plaid Cookbook and the Farm Journal Bread Cookbook. Two iconic cookbooks can't be wrong! These show you how far from "plain" a basic recipe...
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Reynolds' family creme wafer cookies
By Culinary Collage
01/02/12 03:37
These cookies have been passed down through the generations in the Reynolds' family and I'm delighted that they have shared this decadent treasure with me. Ingredients: Wafer: 1 cup butter softened 1/3 cup heavy cream 2 cups flour Filling: 1/2 cup butter...
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Cranberry Bread: a Family Tradition
By Blue Kale Road
11/18/11 21:08
This time of season evokes thoughts of family traditions and memories of holiday celebrations. Thanksgiving, in particular, sends me flying back to my childhood table. When I moved away from home and began cooking in my own kitchen, I took many of my mom’s...
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Healthy family simple cheesy fish with crumble topping
By Good Food Homemade
11/13/11 00:16
If you are looking for a really easy fish recipe that will suit the whole family then this is it. When you don't have much time but still want to cook a delicious healthy meal that every member of the family will love then I can recommend this fish recipe....
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Carrot Soufflé: a Family Favorite
By Blue Kale Road
10/05/11 20:02
We love carrot soufflé, plain and simple. It has become a staple in my cooking repertoire, a go-to dish for guests (especially very young guests), the fall holidays and anytime I have an abundance of carrots. And it is perfect to serve on Halloween before...
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Meet the new member of our family - Ranger
By Quay Po Cooks
09/21/11 03:18
There are many famous old sayings about cats and dogs. For example, raining like cats and dogs and fight like cats and dogs. Why am I changing subjects to talk about cats and dogs and not food? Because by way of an unusual occurance, it is the hot topic...
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Family Favorites - Chocolate Coffee Custard
By The Iowa Housewife
02/22/13 10:00
A easy dessert to make, Chocolate Coffee Custard goes together in a blender and bakes in about 30 to 40 minutes. I had oval ramekins so used them today, but this also works quite well in custard cups. The recipe is from a 1963 printing of the Joy of Cooking....
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