Sharing recipes and traditions from our family heritage
A perfect blend of sauces and spices to make a delicious horseradish cocktail sauce. Fresh, easy, and perfect for shrimp cocktail. This easy cocktail recipe was created by my dad! During the holidays my family likes to eat shrimp cocktails and he loved to make his homemade sauce to go with it. This sauce has …
Buttery soft thumbprint cookies made with pecans and topped with icing. These traditional Christmas cookies are a family favorite! These thumbprint cookies literally melt in your mouth! They are so so yummy and do not last for long in our household after they come out of the oven. Rightly called thumbprint cookies because you take …
Traditional German Christmas anise snap cookies that are soft and chewy. Anise seeds give these cookies a subtle hint of licorice flavor! These anise snap cookies are one of the staples that I always make at Christmas time. They are a bit unique with the anise flavor but by far are my favorite of all …
Moist vanilla cupcakes that are topped with a buttercream frosting. These are so easy to make from scratch using simple ingredients. This recipe comes to the rescue when you need a dessert but didn’t plan for one! The ingredients in this are all something that I always have in my pantry or fridge. My daughter …
A homemade jam with a mix of blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries, no pectin added. This jam is easy to prepare and makes great gifts! Making your own jam is so fun and so simple to do! It also makes super cute gifts to give alongside some homemade bread or with cookies. Decorate the jar with …
A classic homemade bread stuffing for Thanksgiving turkey. Cooked in the turkey or oven baked, this turkey dressing is just like the one grandma would make! This has to be one of my all time favorite foods of ALL! No kidding..I could live off of this stuffing alone! This is the reason that I …
Perfectly soft and chewy homemade cinnamon rolls. A breakfast treat filled with cinnamon swirl and topped with cream cheese frosting. These are hands down the best cinnamon rolls I have ever eaten! My mom likes to make these a lot! She also gets requests to make these and bring them with wherever she goes! These …
Light and fluffy, easy pumpkin muffins. A streusel topping makes these taste like they are straight from the bakery. This recipe is actually my family’s recipe for pumpkin bread, but my kids always prefers muffins over the bread..just easier to eat I guess! So I just put the batter into the muffin tins and evenly …
A hearty Pasta Fagioli soup that is loaded with beans, veggies, and ground turkey. An easy and healthy comfort soup! Does it get any easier than this soup!? Seriously, I just throw everything in the slow cooker and let the cooker do all the work! Yes! I love these kinds of recipes. Sometimes things get …
Melty chili cheese dip made with Hormel chili and cream cheese. A warm and comforting dip that makes a perfect game day snack. This is my go to dip to serve or bring to parties. It is so simple to make and only takes 3 minutes to microwave! With only 3 ingredients this is also …