These are recipes I have enjoyed throughout my life – as a child, as a young woman, and now as a wife and mom. I am sharing them because they taste good and are relatively easy to make. They only require basic ingredients that most women will be able to easily find and afford.
I encourage you to use the best ingredients your can afford for the best results. It really does make a tremendous difference in the quality of the final product. For example, I only use King Arthur Unbleached Flour for regular baking. After some inexplicable failed results at long-time favorites, I no longer use store brand butter for any baking. I only use Land O’Lakes. The difference is substantial and can mean the difference between a high quality end product and a mess.
I’ve arranged these recipes in alphabetical order to make it easy. Each recipe is also tagged. The list continues to grow so check back often!
Recipes with Numbers
Recipes A
Recipes B
- Baked Potato Soup
- Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage
- Banana Grape-Nuts Bread
- Blueberry and Cream Cheese Strata Casserole
- Bonnie’s Baked Beans
Recipes C
- Caroline’s Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Muffins
- Cheddar Oven Omelet
- Chicken Quesadillas
- Chicken Salad with Pecans and Green Onions
- Chocolate Chip Scones
- Chilled French Style Green Bean Salad
- Corn and Black Bean Salad
- Corn Chowder with Ham and Red Peppers
- Cranberry Nut Dessert
- Cranberry Orange Nut Bread
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- Creamed Peas
- Crockpot Taco Soup
Recipes D
Recipes E
- Easy and Inexpensive Pizza Dough in the Food Processor
- Easy Crockpot Beef Stew
- Easy Stromboli from Gooseberry Patch
- Easy Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
Recipes G
- Garden Herb Bread for Bread Machine
- Garlic Shrimp Pasta
- Golden Sweet Cornbread
- Granola Bars with Rice Krispies
- Grilled Pork Tenderloin Rub
- Grilled Salmon with Rosemary
Recipes H
- Ham, Cheese, Eggs and Hashbrown Mixup
- Ham and Cheese Bowties
- Ham and Cheesy Potatoes
- Hearty Split Pea Soup
- Herb Roasted Tenderloin with Oven Roasted Red Potatoes
- Homemade Taco Seasoning Mix
- Honey Wheat Bread for Bread Machines
Recipes K
Recipes L
Recipes M
- Mandarin Chicken Coleslaw
- Maple-Glazed Carrots with Pecans
- Marinated Green Olives
- Meatloaf Muffins
- Midwest Sausage Stuffing
Recipes P
- Pecan Cinnamon Shortbread
- Pecan Pie Mini Muffins
- Pecan Tartlets
- Pineapple Zucchini Bread
- Potato Swiss Cheese Soup
Recipes R
Recipes S
- Sallie’s Meatballs
- Salmon Patties with Red Pepper and Green Onion
- Sarah’s Salad with Swiss Cheese, Peas and Bacon
- Shredded Salsa Chicken in Crockpot
- Shrimp Scampi in the Microwave
- Simple Granola with Cranberries & Almonds
- Smoked Turkey Rollups with Cucumber and Cream Cheese
- Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Sparkly Holiday Punch
- Super Easy Crockpot Chili
- Sweet Basil Rub for Chicken
- Sweet-Tart Cranberry Chicken
Recipes T