When I first asked for suggestions from readers of what I should make next, I didn’t know what to expect. Well, there’s been so much feedback that I’ve gotten way behind on responding to it all. So starting today, every suggestion I receive that I plan to do will go on this list.
If you don’t see your request here, please realize that I’m only cooking for one family, so I can’t make 20 dishes per week. And I need to do things that they will like as much as I do. If I know my wife and kids won’t eat it, it won’t make the list.
If there’s something on the list you’d really like to see, let me know in the comments. Have your own version of something up on your own blog? Feel free to post a link to it.
And wherever you see a note that I’m looking for help, forward any recipes you’ve got. I get a ton of people asking me if I know how to make something they remember from their childhood. Unless I was there, chances are I won’t know it. But you might.
These aren’t necessarily the order I’ll be doing them.
- Dinner
- Chicken Spiniach Rolls
- Creamed Meat and Mashed Potatoes
- Baked Ham
- Burritos
- Tacos
- Chicken Enchiladas
- Chicken Pot Pie
- Shepherd’s Pie
- Tuna Noodle Casserole (Need a recipe that doesn’t include cream of mushroom soup)
- Schäuferle
- Pounded sirloin
- Soup/Salad
- Cornbread Salad
- Cream of Kohlrabi Soup
- New England Clam Chowder
Wilted Spinach Salad- Side/Snack
- Caramel Popcorn (Need a recipe that doesn’t include corn syrup)
- Chocolate Ice Cream
- Crepes
- Six Layer Dip
- Dessert
- Chrusciki — aka “Angel Wings” (Need a recipe)
- Pizzelles
- Pineapple Fritters
Please note that you can only get the book if you email your suggestion.
11 Comments
Italian Wedding Soup would be nice.
- Ethan
For caramel popcorn, I’ve substituted honey for the corn syrup in my recipe and it worked great. You might try that.
If you want the recipe I used, here it is. It’s for s’mores popcorn balls, but you can remove the s’mores ingredients.
http://baskersfunfoods.blogspot.com/2008/07/caramel-smores-popcorn-balls.html
Funny, because I was just going to mention a bread the MiL made that NO ONE makes anymore, but is delicious. She just calls it Brown Bread. It’s a soft, moist bread, kind of like pumpkin or banana bread, made with graham flour and molasses. It has some raisins in it, too. It’s not really sweet, like banana bread, just faintly sweet and nutty-tasting. And she tells me it has no fat in it at all.
Brown bread used to be a staple for many households around here. But now that graham flour and molasses have become harder to find, I’ve never heard of anyone making it anymore. But OH MY GOD, it’s so good slightly toasted with butter.
Even if you don’t make it for your book, I’d recommend making it just for you.
How about making swiss steak? My mother used to make this for the evening meal after having her lunch of liver and onions. I would have to taste test the meat before I would eat it. If it tasted like liver to me, I did not eat it. Liver never enters my house or fridge. Can’t stand it. EEWH!
y good recipe for Tuna casserole that doesn’t use cream soup (can’t stand the stuff!) I’ll send it your way.
Audrey, thanks so much. I was going to just experiment with it, but I’d rather start from a recipe.
Stephanie, I never would have though to just substitute honey. Now I’m thinking I might try that with Baklava.
Has anyone made a request for chicken and dumplings? Chicken noodle would be good too.
Chrusciki (some people call them faworki) is a very Polish dessert. I am Kasia, Polish housewife living in Poland. My Mum has got the best chrusciki recipe. I have to translate it into English and send it to you!
The list sounds great even if I don’t know what a couple of the items are. Thanks for taking the time to share with us your at home cooking at it’s best!
Ok, I finally e-mailed the tuna casserole recipe, sorry it took me almost a week to do it. Hope it works for you.
Why would you even want a tuna noodle casserole recipe that didn't use cream of mushroom soup? It's like, tradition… At least, that's the way my grandmother always made it…
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