Recipe Revooze
There's a show from two Aussies that Buds and I enjoy, "The Katering Show." In some of their shows they do the "The Booze Revooze" and that's making me laugh as I think about that with this write up.
For a touch of humor in your day:
For a whole episode of humor:
This post is to share the assorted family favorite recipes so that all the children will have access to them no matter where they are, where Buds and I are, or where the recipe cards have gone. Plus the little family stories about each of them should not be lost to time and memory.
Cranberry Maple Scones: This first recipe was the first time I ever made scones. The recipe came as part of the informational packet with the oven we bought for the Big Yellow House. It was the first time we ever had a convection oven, and I was intrigued about trying it out. These scones were delicious, and the recipe card has made every move with us, though we left the Big Yellow House behind in February, 2007.
Tomato Pie: This recipe comes from one of Buddie's second cousins. When we were living in Delaware we made the trip to Baltimore to meet Buddie's dad's cousin Gino and wife Peg. Their daughter was visiting from Europe, where she lived with her family. This tomato pie was a fantastic dish she served us that night, and we loved it so much we begged for the recipe. Gino and Peg are still some of our favorite humans, not just because of this recipe.
This is an online recipe with more detail.
Meat Loaf Miniatures: Wooo, boy, this one is delicious. It also freezes really well. When we were in our baby having cycle of life, when friends would have a baby, this was one we'd make to take them. You can heat up just one, or three, or five of them. I just made these last week for Monkey to munch on while we are away. Still a hit!
Fontina Cheese Dip: This recipe came out of a classic Italian cookbook we had when we were first married. We donated the cookbook eventually, but did not want to lose this recipe.
Calico Beans: The recipe is written out by my mom, but comes from my dad's barber's second wife. Rhonda's dad, Rod, worked with my dad. Joe, my dad's barber, and Rhonda's second husband, came to our house to give Dad haircuts whenever he had surgery and couldn't make it over to the barbershop. I still honk whenever I drive by the barbershop when I'm in Newton.
And that's life in a small town.
Western Beans: This recipe is very similar to another one that Buds still makes, although he stopped following the recipe long ago. He goes by "vibe" now.
Apple Van Knucken: This recipe came from Buddie's parents, along with the following one for ground nut stew. Buds and I loved making this for the kids on weekend mornings when they were little.
Ground Nut Stew is delicious, and easily made vegan. We add sweet potatoes instead of chicken and you are all set.
These next recipes are more favorites from childhood for our crew. We adjust them to fit our family preferences, but they still get made.
Chicken Tetrazzini:
Pecan Chicken Casserole: Another one I just made last week. Yessa and I are trying to figure out how we can make a vegan version because we miss eating this.
Sausage Rigatoni with Tomato Cream Sauce: This sausage rigatoni recipe came into our life just a couple years ago when Buds, Yessa, and I went to Portugal with Uncle Z and one of the cousins. We ordered food kit delivery for Buster and Monkey while we were gone, and this was one of the home runs. Monkey suggested it when I was looking for meal ideas, and the first time we made it we knew it needed to stick around.We've created a vegan version of this that's more fraternal twin than identical, but it's nice when we all have a similar dish to eat at the same time.
I overshot the amount I made the last time and had enough extra for multiple lunches for our family, plus enough to take for a meal to our neighbor, plus Renee and Victor. The rigatoni that keeps on giving.
This next one I include because it is such a joyful memory for me. In undergrad I spent many weekend at Best Friend Saffi's house in Blue Springs, Missouri. We were always doing something interesting and joyful on those weekends, and these potato rolls were baked for a dinner meal. Making them with Saffi and her mom was more an active, artistic enterprise than any baking I had ever done before, but they were truly the most delicious rolls I had ever eaten in my life.
I have only tried to make them on my own once, and they were good, but I think making them frequently is required to reach their ultimate perfection.
Saffi and Jim now own their own farm and market, and if she still makes the potato rolls, it would be a different formulation, but no matter what, if she bakes it, it's delicious.
Here's Monkey as the flower girl at Saffi and Jim's wedding.
Potato Rolls:
Chicken Pot Pie: The final recipe is our most beloved family classic. This is one that freezes great. It's easy to make in massive quantities.
Well, not easy, but my friend Cindy says, "I LOVED your chicken pot pie recipe!!!! I sold the pies (frozen) as a fundraiser for CLIMB IOWA which raises money for the American Lung Society. I climbed to the top of the Principal building in Des Moines. I raised quite a bit of money for the cause and people STILL talk about that pie!!!" 💖💖
Love that Cindy. 🥰🥰
Mom and I have collectively made hundreds. When Buds and I moved from the Big Yellow House to Virginia, I made at least 12 of them as gifts for all the different friends who came to help us pack up and move. Baby-having friends still get one.
Here's a recent one:
Sharing all these recipes makes me happy. I sometimes feel like I didn't do a good job having "traditional family dinners" as the kids were growing up, but this reminds me there were at least a few things we did the traditional way.
