family recipe

Grandma’s Jewish Rye Bread

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on March 28, 2013

in Baking, bread, family recipe

I cannot believe that it’s been a week since my last post. Time sure flies when I’m on Spring Break! Since Adam and I didn’t travel anywhere this break, It’s been a break full of cleaning, crafting, and cooking. In the first bit of cleaning, I found a little folder full of my grandma’s recipes [...]

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Mom’s Perfect Roast

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on February 14, 2013

in beef, family recipe, simple recipe

So many times over the course of the last few years, I’ve tried to duplicate recipes that I remember from growing up. Many times, I end up calling my mom and finding out after the fact, what exactly I did differently. For as long as I can remember, any time I have something that resembles [...]

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Brussels Sprouts Afelia

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on April 20, 2012

in family, family recipe, simple recipe, vegetables, vegetarian

Anyone who’s ever dined at a restaurant with my family and I has experienced the fine art that is “ingredient and recipe figuring outing”. My mom and I are particularly intense at this, and have been able to successfully identify some of the most obscure ingredients in some of the most delicious foods. Think the [...]

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Easy Throw-Together Pasta Sauce

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on February 21, 2012

in chicken/turkey, family recipe, Italian, simple recipe, South Beach Diet

I can’t be the only one that has a “thing” for good pasta sauce. I’m not talking about a “oh, yeah, I like pasta sauce”, but more of a “I can eat bowls of pasta sauce like soup and just forget the pasta” kind of “thing.” Oh, I’m alone there? Well, it started innocently. I [...]

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The Best Casserole

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on February 7, 2012

in beef, family recipe, South Beach Diet

I’m a huge fan of the casserole. In general, I love the process of putting a few key ingredients together in a pan, baking said pan, and coming out with a pan of perfectly melded flavors. We weren’t a big casserole family when I was younger, but there was one specific casserole that my mom [...]

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