Given to me by Fernette at my bridal shower, June 14, 1986.

You might need to buy:
  • cheddar cheese soup
  • cream chicken soup
  • large can sliced mushrooms
  • butter
  • chopped celery
  • chopped onion
  • uncooked rice
  • milk

Grandma showed me how to make this one day. She also said that if it’s too thick, add more water and cook again. If too thin, cook again.

You might need to buy:
  • sugar
  • raspberries
Belongs to cscnfa Apple Crisp 

Can be served warm with ice cream.

Note: Sometimes I double the topping.

You might need to buy:
  • flour
  • oats
  • cinnamon
  • nutmeg

Yum! My favorite cookies.

You might need to buy:
  • soda
  • salt
  • flour
  • vanilla
  • eggs
  • brown sugar
  • sugar
  • shortening
  • oats
  • chocolate chips
Belongs to cscnfa Festive Fruitcake 
serves 36
You might need to buy:
  • raisins
  • cut-up candied pineapple
  • eggs
  • oil
  • water
ready in about 35 minutes; serves 4

Don’t substitute low-fat or nonfat yogurt here, or the sauce will be too thin and have an off flavor. This recipe is courtesy of our forthcoming Make-Ahead cookbook.

serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • vegetable oil
  • raisins
  • curry powder
  • Table salt
  • grated fresh ginger
  • water
  • frozen green peas
  • plain whole milk yogurt
  • minced fresh cilantro leaves
Belongs to kylerhea Gazpacho 
ready in about 210 minutes; serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • tomato juice
  • finely minced onion
  • juice of 1/2 lemon + 1 lime
  • wine vinegar
  • cumin
  • freshly minced parsley
  • olive oil
  • freshly diced tomatoes
Belongs to Asaka Steak Au Poivre 
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • crushed garlic
  • crushed peppercorns
  • onion
  • green bell pepper strips
  • red bell pepper strips
  • minced garlic
  • beef bouillion granules
  • ground paprika
  • water
  • fat free evaporated milk

“Cara Brunetti of Hamilton, Virginia, writes: “I come from a long line of great cooks. My father owns an Italian market in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where my mother gets a lot of the ingredients she uses in her wonderful dishes. My mother-in-law is a reciper developer, and I’ve been known to sit next to my great-aunt Stella with a pen and paper as she details her amazing recipes. I live far from home now, but I reconnect with my family traditions every evening when I make dinner.”

Pureeing the soup gives it a smooth richness — without any cream.

serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • olive oil
  • chopped fresh rosemary
  • low-salt chicken broth
  • baby spinach leaves
  • finely chopped fresh sage
  • Grated Parmesan cheese
  • Extra-virgin olive oil