A modern Appalachian woman's kitchen adventures
I am one of those people who love pumpkin spice dessert and these Pumpkin Patch Squares are definitely a favorite! They are super easy and oh-so-yummy. These squares make a delicious breakfast with your morning coffee or a tasty afternoon snack with some cold milk. Let’s get to it! Pumpkin Patch Squares 2 cups all…
This potato soup recipe is on a ton of food blogs and I hesitated to post it here since it’s so readily available. But I did veer a little bit from many of the recipes that I saw and I had a few notes to make so I thought I might as well add it…
You’ve probably seen jar salads shared on social media over the years and wondered “Does anyone actually make these?” I have made several over the years and this one is a favorite. Even my husband who isn’t a fan of chicken likes this one and requests it for lunch. You don’t have to put it…
If you follow me on the socials (@mindascooking), you may have seen that last Saturday I took on a recipe that had been in my mom’s recipe box for 50 years: Mudge’s Favorite White Cake. As I explained in the post, it’s not clear who Mudge was so her judgement of cakes can’t be known…
If you like to cook, you most likely also like to eat. Or at least I do. And if you like to eat, buying groceries is a necessity, albeit a sometimes annoying one. For a few years prior to the pandemic, I shopped nearly exclusively through Kroger’s Clicklist curbside pick up service. I would say…
If sourdough bread was the Bread of 2020, Beer Bread was the Bread of the Early 00s. There was a popular direct sale company that marketed beer bread mix and I was invited to about a dozen parties during those years where someone was selling beer bread mix. It was good stuffy, truly. Years later,…
This is a good one, y’all! This Olive Nut Spread used to make the rounds in our office for potlucks and gatherings. It’s awesome with cut up veggies or crackers but I personally like it as a sandwich spread. I enjoyed it tremendously with my Honey Beer Bread. The salty olives combined with the slightly…
My favorite-est blogger Sheaffer Told Me To hosts a monthly What’s Up Wednesday link-up that I plan to join soon. This is kind of a trial run for me. Let me know what you think! What I’m Eating With Summer approaching, I’ve been in a salad mode. I made some jar salads recently and even…
These cookies were a go-to recipe for me for many years. I think I sort of burned myself out on them, to be honest, and I went many years without making them. The recipe crossed my mind recently and I realized I’d never put it on the blog. And it definitely deserves a spot. Like…
This is a quick and easy caramel frosting recipe that everyone should have tucked up their sleeve for when a cake hankering strikes. My mom has been making it for years and it’s a particular favorite of my dad’s. And he’s not the only one who loves it. When my niece was small, she would…