20 Recipes Like Grandma Used to Make
Rediscover some of granny's comforting recipes that are so good-to-the-last bite that your family will love them.
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Grandma always made her sauce for lasagna from scratch. But you can save time by using one of the new gourmet spaghetti sauces, then adding sausage, onion, and some garlic for flavor.
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This zesty recipe dresses up the “educated” vegetable with a tangy sauce.
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Hearty meals at grandma's house often featured these stick-to-the-ribs potatoes, which are baked in a creamy sauce and topped with cheese.
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Grandmas usually made rice patties as a way to use up leftover rice. You can serve these delicious patties as a side dish with chicken, roast beef, or fish, or as a main dish with a salad, vegetable, and rolls.
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When it came to making turkey or chicken pot pies, grandma’s rule was-anything goes. Some grandmas topped their pies with dumplings. Others used pastry as in this recipe. This pot pie is also a great way to use up any leftovers from a holiday turkey.
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Use fresh corn to make this down-home chowder. It makes a warming appetizer.
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Slowly roasted chicken makes a wholesome main dish full of rich old-fashioned flavor.
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Southern grandmas will tell you good biscuits should be crusty on the outside and soft and crumbly on the inside. Northern grandmas insist biscuits should be high, light, and flaky, like these.
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Try this easier take on the traditional corn-husk wrapped tamale.
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A time-honored favorite, maple-glazed ham is a showstopper on any holiday.
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Southern grandmas made this home-style favorite with cream, but this more healthful version uses canned evaporated skimmed milk to create the same wonderful flavor.
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This elegant party dish can be made with either scallops or shrimp. To make sure your fish rolls look party perfect, choose fish fillets that are uniform in size and thickness.
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This apple-and-prune-stuffed roast is traditionally served at Christmas in Danish-American families. For an extra-special touch, try making the stuffing with raisin bread.
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A heart stew guaranteed to warm your soul on any winter night.
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The mild, sweet onion varieties, like Vidaliaand Walla Walla, are ideal in this dish, where they arestuffed with Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs.
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New England grandmas served lamb the English way-with a refreshingly cool mint sauce. If you don’t have fresh mint, you can substitute 1 tablespoon of dried mint.
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Cornish hens are a great alternative to a full chicken. Serve half of a hen to each diner for a stunning plate.
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In Italy, this dish was made with scampi-tiny relatives of the lobster. Italian immigrants to America adapted the recipe for shrimp. To keep either scampi or shrimp tender, cook them just until they turn opaque.
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In colonial times, lobster was so plentiful that it was considered poor man’s food. By the 1800’s, it was reserved for special occasions and frequently served in a rich cream sauce.
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In the 1950s, an inventive cook created a fluffy mixture by folding beaten egg whites into a creamy pie filling. The result was so light and airy it looked like a pile of chiffon and so the name for this recipe was coined.
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