Many of our favorite family recipes have a story behind them. This slushy drink was served at a baby shower for one of my daughters when she was expecting her first baby. Most of my girls like coffee and at the party we fell in love with a delicious coffee drink that was served as…
Post updated: July 26, 2018 Maybe you grew up with boxed pudding mixes like I did. The cooked version was better than instant, but you haven’t tasted delicious pudding until you’ve eaten homemade chocolate pudding! This is another stained and splattered recipe from a little recipe notebook given to me by my mother-in-law the night…
Post updated: [post_modified_date] Homemade vanilla ice cream is a warm-weather dessert that usually shows up for cookouts and Sunday School class parties. We made three freezers of homemade ice cream for a rehearsal dinner in a barn a few years ago and it was a big hit. We usually only make it 3-4 times a…
These days our family equates real mashed potatoes with special occasions like holidays or big family gatherings. But it wasn’t always so. Let me take you back to our life many years ago, before I give you our recipe for homemade mashed potatoes. We lived in a tiny church parsonage in a small farming community…
It’s wedding week, on the heels of a funeral weekend. We currently have a dozen houseguests, in addition to the seven of us who live in our home. That’s two families of five and one young married couple….who are visiting for more than a week. Twelve + seven = nineteen, and other family members have…
Church potlucks can be an amazing dining experience, with everyone bringing their best dishes to share. As a pastor’s wife I’ve attended my share of potlucks over the years, and I have a few favorite recipes for dishes that I like to bring, depending on the theme. To be honest, I’d eaten this cheescake a…