A great meatless meal, breakfast or dinner. Wonderful when tomatoes are in season, but canned whole tomatoes can do in a pinch. I’ve also omitted the cheese, for personal taste.

ready in about 45 minutes; serves 3
You might need to buy:
  • butter or olive oil
  • eggs
  • Salt and pepper

There’s nothing Swedish about these, but they are delicious! Grandma Gregory won a prize for this recipe. There are different notes on procedures, so it’s noted in the recipe.

ready in about an hour and 10 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • Meatballs
  • ground meat
  • egg
  • brown sugar
  • pepper
  • nutmeg
  • chopped onion
  • thyme
  • Cooking
  • Flour
  • Butter
  • Sauce
  • tomato soup OR 3/4 cup catsup
  • water
  • sour cream
Belongs to JenniferGM Sloppy Joes 

Adapted from “Simply Recipes”. Tastes very close to Del Grosso’s canned recipe, just a little less sweet.

ready in about 45 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • olive oil
  • Salt to taste
  • -1 1/2 pounds ground beef
  • Worcestershire sauce
  • red wine vinegar
  • dried thyme
  • cayenne pepper or dash Tabasco sauce
  • Freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • Hamburger buns

This is one of the cookbooks Grandma covered in wallpaper and marked inside the cover her favorite recipe. The page is quite stained, if that is any evidence of a well-loved recipe.

ready in about an hour and 5 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • olive oil
  • butter
  • nutmeg
  • flour
  • dry white wine
  • Juice of one lemon
  • parsley
  • lemon
  • Salt and pepper

I’m always in search of good chicken recipes, and although these weren’t marked by Grandma, I’m adding these poultry recipes because they are simple and delicious.

ready in about 45 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • butter
  • chicken of about 3 pounds
  • Salt and pepper
Belongs to JenniferGM Lasagna 

One of the traditional meals for Epiphany.

ready in about two hours
You might need to buy:
  • Sauce
  • ground beef
  • tomato sauce
  • tomato bits or crushed tomato
  • Red wine
  • Lasagna:
  • ricotta cheese
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A very old family recipes – over 100 years old. This isn’t really a pie, but more like stew and dumplings.

ready in about 180 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • Stew:
  • small onion
  • celery
  • Salt and pepper
  • Potatoes
  • Carrots
  • Dough
  • flour
  • Salt and pepper
  • melted butter and water to make one cup
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Some additions and changes made by Margaret Gregory.
One of Jessica’s favorites – this was her birthday dinner request for many years.

ready in about an hour and a half; serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • oil
  • salt*
  • black pepper
  • cornstarch*
  • soy sauce
  • sliced water chestnuts
You might need to buy:
  • olive oil
  • soy sauce
  • orange juice
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Simple roast beef au jus with carrots, rice and green beans.

ready in about 200 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • Chuck roast
  • Coarse Salt and pepper
  • Olive oil
  • medium onions
  • garlic cloves
  • dry wine