Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Sourdough Starter

Four ingredients and a little patience and you will have a sourdough starter that adds an unbelievable flavor profile to so many recipes!

Sourdough Starter #sourdough #family #yeast #recipe

I have had a sourdough starter for almost 2 years and kept forgetting that I could share it. And, in fact, I hadn't taken the picture of my starter until a week prior to this post going live. It's highly unusual that I have a recipe on my posting schedule without a picture for the post. I combined a starter recipe (ingredients) with a method that was in a sourdough starter recipe that was in my husband's dad's side of the family for generations. I most often use my starter for sourdough coffee cake, but that is a treasured family recipe that I won't be sharing. I do hope to make many more sourdough recipes with my starter to share though :)

I have heard of people naming their sourdough because it is "living", so mine's name is Big Bertha. I don't remember if someone else had that name, but I thought it was so funny and that's what mine is called.

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Grandma Jane's Honey Chocolate Chip Cookies #FantasticalFoodFight

Welcome to another Food Fight! Fantastical Food Fight is a group of food bloggers who will get a theme or ingredient each month and make some sort of variation for it. It could be traditional or nontraditional and can be found in a cookbook, on a blog, or be a blogger's own creation! For more details, check out this page.

It's time again for another Food Fight and this month's theme is HONEY because September is National Honey Month! The Food Fighters were not given any particular type of dish so long as it contains honey.

Grandma Jane's Honey Chocolate Chip Cookies // My grandma's recipe for chocolate chip cookies that are the most addictive cookies in the world! #honey #cookies #FantasticalFoodFight #dessert #chocolate

I knew immediately what I wanted to make because I have meant to since my grandma gave me the recipe years ago: my Grandma Jane's Honey Chocolate Chip Cookies! I have made her honey M&M cookies, but to be honest, I think I always liked the regular chocolate chip cookies a little more. My grandma told me she put honey in her cookies to help them keep longer. She always had her cookie jar stocked when I came over and I remember her pulling out big gallon zipper bags of cookies from her deep freezer in the basement if they got low.

Grandma Jane's Honey Chocolate Chip Cookies // My grandma's recipe for chocolate chip cookies that are the most addictive cookies in the world! #honey #cookies #FantasticalFoodFight #dessert #chocolate

You get a little bit of texture difference if you use shortening versus butter. I like them both ways, but I feel they are softer with butter. My grandma made them with shortening and they were firmer - not crunchy, but not soft either. They don't last long in my house...just as they never lasted long in my grandma's house either!

Monday, March 18, 2013

Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup

Wild Rice soup is a big thing in Minnesota and a staple of my childhood. My grandma gave me her recipe and I finally got around to making it. Oh did it bring me back!

I grew up in a town in Minnesota with 350 people. My great-great grandpa founded the town and it was one of those towns where everyone grew up together, everyone knew each other, etc. You couldn't get away with anything! It's also corn country, so there are a ton of farms. I took piano lessons with one of my classmates' mom and she lived out about 2 miles from my grandparents' house. I would ride the bus to my grandma's house and my grandpa drove me to my lesson. I got to spend the night at their house and then ride the bus back into town to school the next day. I absolutely loved spending the night. I always got the best food and my grandpa always made homemade popcorn with lots of butter :)

I know there are plenty of times my grandma made this soup for me. It's creamy and has lots of different textures and flavors. It doesn't look the most appetizing, but it's so good.
Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup - a Minnesota native staple! #soup #recipe

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Mom's Goulash

This recipe is my mom's - she made it all the time when I was a kid and it has always been one of my very favorite meals. Plus it's pretty durn frugal :)



Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Tamale Balls

I know a lot of people have nightmares for in laws, but I am one of those lucky few who have the most awesome in laws ever! I love them to death :) I haven't really had the chance to share as many of my mother-in-law's recipes as I would like to. I have posted her Cincinnati Chili and Potato Candy recipes (two of my personal favorites, other than this one).

This one is an oldie but a goodie. We actually hadn't made it since about late 2007. I told my husband not to forget that we have to make these more often. They are a pretty simple recipe. You just mix and let them cook. I'm going to try and figure out a way to make these in the crockpot because I always end up burning mine. I did manage to NOT burn them this time though - I stirred every 15 minutes.

(Printable Version)
Recipe from Francie Koehrsen

What you need:
  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 lb. sausage
  • 1 1/2 cups cornmeal
  • 3/4 cup tomato juice
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 tbsp. chili powder
  • 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
  • 2 tsp. salt
Sauce:
  • 5 cups tomato juice
  • 1 tbsp. chili powder
  • 2 tsp. salt
Directions:
Combine all the non-sauce ingredients in a bowl.

Roll into small balls.

Place sauce ingredients into a large pot.

Place balls into sauce. Cover and simmer on low for 2 hours.

Stir every once in a while to prevent burning.
Serve over rice.

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    Friday, December 23, 2011

    Guest Posting on Mom's Crazy Cooking: Potato Candy

    Today I'm guest posting over at MOMS CRAZY COOKING!

    I made some of my mother-in-law's potato candy - it's a holiday favorite of mine - it's a lot like fudge! :)

    Tina did a really awesome 12 Days of Christmas Goodies series that you should definitely check out too. Especially if you are looking for some last minute Christmas goodies to make :)

    Thursday, July 07, 2011

    Molasses Cookies

    Molasses cookies are a staple of my childhood. I do love chocolate and anything with chocolate in it (well, mostly anything), but these were my very favorite cookies. They are crunchy on the outside and soft'n'gooey on the inside. They stay soft for many days. Not to mention, they are just plain good!


    Friday, June 17, 2011

    Carmel Rolls

    This is a super simple, AWESOME recipe! I don't know if it's an original from my mom or if she got it from somewhere else, but seriously...you gotta try it! It's the most delicious thing ever!


    Thursday, March 24, 2011

    Good Ole Sweet Tea

    I don't like sweet tea....well, I don't like COLD sweet tea.

    That probably makes me a freak of nature, right? My stepdad makes some KILLER sweet tea. My husband doubted that killer sweet tea recipe until I made it and he tried it. Have you all ever had Mayfield sweet tea? That's my husband's favorite and he said this is unbelievably close to Mayfield's.

    I normally wouldn't make sweet tea for myself, but I've been sick for a little over a week now and I needed some hot tea for my sore throat.