Rescued Recipes

I was flipping through the March 2012 Ladies Home Journal and saw this article. It's always exciting finding people with a love and appreciation of other peoples pasts. Susan LaRosa rescues vintage cookbooks, then bakes the found desserts. She also has a Blog where she shares these wonderful recipes.

It inspired me to look through my Great Grandmothers cookbook{which was originally her Mothers~ my Great Great Grandmother} from 1894.

I was hoping to find a handwritten recipe to make. I found one for Pieplant Custard Pie- sounds yummy....until I googled pieplant{because I had no idea what it was} and found out it was Rhubarb- yuck! 

So I settled for a Bread Pudding recipe that had an X next to it. Maybe a favorite?

I made a couple of small changes: I added raisins & left out the layer of Jelly.

Y-U-M! Everyone loved it♥

It's finally here...

with only a few last minute things to do.
{a favorite flea market find~ a framed jeweled Christmas tree on red velvet}
My girls are busy making the last few batches of cookies. This is what happens when I forget to set the timer. Ahhh, the smell of burnt cookies throughout the house! My poor kids, they're so used to me burning almost everything :(

My favorite's♥ Flickr Christmas:

1. pink christmas lolli with finishing touches, 2. Keep calm its only christmas!, 3. Hoop decorations-christmas, 4. granny square christmas stockings, 5. my very vintage christmas, 6. christmas brights, 7. christmas trees polaroid, 8. Our vintage inspired "cardboard christmas house" ornaments, 9. fireplace mantel, 10. our christmas tree, 11. tinsel tree, 12. Mini Pastel Ornaments, 13. 2009 Mini Tree14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas :)

Too hot to cook!

When it's too hot to cook, this has always been my favorite dish to put together. You do have to cook the meat, but what I mean by too hot to cook is too hot to turn on the oven~ which is a 1940's O'Keefe & Merritt. Without even turning it on, it gives off heat.... so turning on the oven on a hot day can be miserable!
This is a healthier version of the Mexican Salad that I usually make.
You can add whatever you like: Salsa, olives, cheese, chips, meat, beans, sour cream, tomato....
I substituted a few things: Turkey instead of meat, fat free sour cream instead of regular, kidney/pinto beans instead of refried beans and baked nacho cheese tortilla chips instead of the regular ones.
You just: layer, repeat, layer, repeat....




It' quick, simple & my kids will eat it~ that's probably why it's one of my favorite dishes!