This recipe for Cranberry Apple Chicken Salad is a lunchtime favorite in our house and for good reason. This is no ordinary chicken salad. Chicken, cranberries, apples, and celery all come together in a sandwich filling that’s creamy but with a little bit of crunch and a hint of sweetness. It’s just loaded with bold…
These homemade, from-scratch Amish Baked Beans are pure comfort food. They’re delicious any time of the year but are perfect for those chilly days when it’s nice to have a little extra heat given off from cooking something delicious in the oven. I start with dried beans and slow cook them for hours until they…
The leaves are changing color and the days are getting chilly, and feels like it’s time for some hearty fare like this Autumn Harvest Beef Stew. This stew is like a fall harvest in a bowl. It’s loaded with bites of potato, carrots and squash, and even a secret fall ingredient (can you guess what…
For a couple of days now, I’ve been craving a taste of home, and more specifically, a sweet baked treat we knew as a Gob. Now you may know it by the more common name of Whoopie Pie, but back where I grew up in western PA we called them Gobs. And although there are…
Sometimes you just need some simple, nourishing comfort food. Nothing fancy, just no-frills, down-home cooking. If this is the kind of food you’re craving, well, do I have a recipe for you! This recipe for Pennsylvania Dutch Chicken Corn Soup with Rivels is my take on an old-fashioned PA Dutch country classic. Tiny homemade dumplings,…
This Easy Homemade Apple Butter is sweet and delicious and packed with fall flavor. And for this recipe, I use a couple of shortcuts so there’s no hard work involved – no peeling, chopping, or standing over a hot stove. It’s so easy and delicious, you may want to make a double batch! Every year,…
Cabbage and Noodles, pan-fried with onions in butter, is pure comfort food. It’s the type of plain and simple fare that makes bellies full and happy. Serve it as a side dish or, as we often do in our house, as a full meal. This is a budget-friendly dish that your family will love. Where…
These Mexican-Style Pickled Jalapenos, infused with the flavors of cumin, oregano, cilantro, and lime, are just so delicious. They’re perfect to stash in the fridge and have on hand as toppings for tacos, huevos rancheros, chili, or a big batch of nachos on game day. And since they are a refrigerator pickle, they’re easy to…
This Squash Casserole has a creamy, cheesy squash filling topped with a crunchy, buttery cracker crumb topping. It’s perfect as a side dish in the summer when yellow squash is abundant, but it’s a great dish to make any time of the year, especially for holidays, potlucks, or for Sunday dinner. And although Squash Casserole…
I just love a good sheet pan dinner lately. It’s perfect for when you want a dinner that’s both easy to prep and easy to clean up. And since the whole meal is tossed together on a single pan and roasted in the oven, there’s only a single pan to wash! It feels like a…
Blueberry season is a time I look forward to every year. Here in the mountains of western North Carolina, they are some of the earliest berries to arrive, showing up in early summer, right after the juicy, red strawberries of spring. Then, come the end of summer, we have the wild blueberries to look forward…
Back in my ancestral home of PA (pronounced P-A, better know to non-natives as Pennsylvania), this is a favorite coleslaw recipe. Instead of a mayo-based dressing, it has a deliciously refreshing sweet and sour vinegar dressing and lots of bell pepper flavor. I do love a good creamy coleslaw, but this slaw is just right…