This recipe is perfect comfort food – it brings me right back to my mother’s kitchen. Even with the large number of dumplings this recipe produces, there would never be a single dumpling left in the pot. Unfortunately my wife isn’t a fan (her comment was “wet biscuits? why?”) – but I’m hoping my kids…
Vegetable Stew
I have grown very fond of our Instant Pot – I love being able to put the ingredients in and walk away to a meal that’s ready when I come back. I’m including a tag for my instant pot recipes so that they’re easy to find. This is a very delicious, hearty, stick-to-your-ribs meal that,…
Johnny Cake
This was in Grandma’s cookbook in the breakfast section. It’s lighter and smoother than cornbread – a great alternative for a morning treat. Ingredients 1 cup cornmeal 1/2 cup soy milk 1 1/4 cup flour 2 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1/2 cup vegetable shortening (or Earth balance) 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1…
Kourabiethes – Greek Shortbread
A delicate, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread for any occasion – but I have decided to categorize this as a “holiday” recipe because they are reminiscent of grandma’s whipped shortbread, the powdered sugar, of course, brings snow to mind, and they are simply divine with the use of a clementine where the recipe calls for an orange. I…
Foundation Cookies
I have been very curious about this recipe since I first saw it in Grandma’s cookbook. It took me a minute to figure out what she meant by “foundation” in the title and then realized that these are a sort of “base” cookie recipe to which many different variations can be added. They are a…
Ginger Cookies
Is it really Christmas without a gingerbread cookie? While these aren’t actually gingerbread – the molasses and ginger will hit the same spot and their soft chewiness will bring a little extra holiday comfort. These won’t last long in our house. Ingredients 1 cup granulated sugar (+ ½ cup for rolling) ¾ cup Earth balance…
Chocolate Covered Marzipan
This is a great holiday recipe that is completely vegan and gluten free. Homemade marzipan is actually very easy to make – the element of skill required in this recipe is tempering the chocolate. I’ve made chocolate covered confections back when I didn’t know what I didn’t know – that is, that just melting chocolate…
Darlene’s Fruitcake
Darlene was a good friend of Grandma Donna. Of my grandma’s few fruit cake recipes, I chose to try this one first because it required the fewest ingredients and had the shortest baking time. I like that’s it’s lighter and less fussy than traditional fruit cake, something I would enjoy for breakfast with a cup…
Fruited Holiday Nog Bread
I thought it might be fun to try a recipe with holiday nog as an ingredient because I always loved eggnog growing up. Although my family currently consumes eggs, we’re very picky about the source of the eggs and real eggnog would source its eggs from concentrated factory farms, which doesn’t fit with our ethos….
Butter Tarts
These butter tarts, along with whipped shortbread, are my family’s two most beloved Christmas recipes. There are two major factions of butter tart lovers out there – the type who love raisins and/or nuts in their butter tarts and those who hate them. We’re clearly in the raisins and nuts camp. My mom also sometimes…
Grandma Donna's Cookbook 