Several years ago my sisters put together a collection of our family recipes as a Christmas present for my mother and myself. The cookbook was a bit infamous for the typos in it. This past year, I edited and expanded their original cookbook. A full disclaimer: despite this being a website about gardening and generally healthy cooking, my childhood involved many a chocolate chip cookie and so this cookbook tends to favor the sweeter side of life.
I published the book on Lulu. You can download a free copy as a PDF file!
If you’d like to use the book in your kitchen, please consider buying a lovely paper copy. It’s spiral-bound so it lays flat in your cookbook holder. The cost is $20 plus shipping.
Recipes in the book:
- Notes
- Sustainability
- Pancakes
- Waffles
- Banana Bread
- Maple Syrup
- French Toast
- Grandma’s Hot Crossed Buns (Cinnamon Rolls)
- Cranberry Muffins
- Zucchini Muffins
- Coffee Cake
- Multi-grain Scones
- Granola
- Granola bars
- Doughnuts
- Pumpkin Muffins
- Blueberry Muffins
- Lasagna
- Turkey Skillet Pasta
- Lentil Soup
- Tomato Soup
- Quiche
- Chicken and Dumplings
- Pizza
- Pizza Margherita with Roasted Grape Tomatoes
- Cheese Soup
- Grandma Ida’s Vegetable Soup
- Shepherd’s Pie
- Trout with Pecan and Pine Nut Crust
- Potato Latkes
- Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
- Hollandaise Sauce
- Mayonnaise
- Chocolate Sauce
- Sweet Bread
- Whole Wheat Bread
- French Bread
- Biscuits
- Cornbread
- Challah Marcie Schlessinger
- Tassajara Yeasted Bread
- Chai
- Egg Nog
- Real Texas Margaritas
- Aunt Lisa’s Charoset Balls (Spice Balls)
- Butterscotch Haystacks
- Mexican Bread Pudding
- Basic Gingerbread
- Royal Icing
- Brownies
- Light Brownies aka Congo Squares
- Lemon Squares
- Pie Crust
- Fruit Cobbler
- Prailine Pecan Pie
- Chocolate Cream Pie
- Key Lime Pie
- Basic Chocolate Frosting
- Basic Frosting Recipe
- Auntie Helen’s Cake
- Grandmother’s Chocolate Cake
- Wacky Cake
- Yellow Cake
- Carrot cake
- Grandma Eva’s Christmas Pudding
- German Chocolate Cake
- Chocolate Pudding
- Kit’s Chocolate Mousse (aka Peggy’s New Year’s Mousse)
- Coconut Layer Cake
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Goat Cookies
- Christmas Cookies
- Snickerdoodles
- Reese’s Pieces
- Sand Dollars
- Chocolate Clouds
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Cape Cod Oatmeal Cookies
- Lemon-Walnut Biscotti

