Author: kcinaz
Cooking is a major part of my life and I wouldn't be fulfilled without it. Of course, we all have to eat, but the main part of cooking for me is entertaining, sharing fun and flavorful foods with great friends. Dinner parties, happy hours and well, most anything to do with food is where I begin to enjoy.
My artsy side is a craving for art, painting and photography. I recently went to a wine and paint party. That was great fun but a challenge to finish an acrylic painting in less that 3 hours. After several courses in enhancing photography I'm okay with what I do but could learn much more.
Budwig
One of my good friends makes this breakfast drink up almost everyday. It was the original breakfast smoothie. He is now in his mid 70’s and looks more like in his 60’s. Was it the Budwig? It couldn’t hurt. The ultimate protein drink.
Old-Time Beef Stew
Here is Aunt Nettie’s recipe for Old-Time Beef Stew. I find it quite amusing that she called this recipe Old-Time and it was written in a cookbook from 1953. That’s just one year after I was born. So, it is now a senior but not ready for retirement like me. This recipe must be at…
Crab and Lobster Salad
I was going to buy store bought seafood salad for dinner but they were out. So, I improvised by getting imitation crabmeat and using a small package of lobster meat from my freezer. My husband loves cucumber but doesn’t like celery. By mixing the two together in equal amounts he didn’t notice the cucumber. Turned out delightfully well.
Aunt Nettie’s Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Aunt Nettie is back with her recipe of Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. It was written in a small 3″ x 6″ notebook. When she travelled during school break she always carried one of these notebooks to journal the trip. It was a pleasure to find some of her recipes tucked away in this notebook. This new picture of her is with one of her china dolls dressed in the same dress as her. She made all her own clothing.
Homemade Mince Meat
You all saw Aunt Nettie in her later years when I shared her recipe for Orange Slice Nut Cookies. This recipe is a holiday favorite of old for Home Made Mince Meat. I can’t say that I like mince meat but many people did and still do. My Aunt Nettie in this picture was when…
Aunt Netties Orange Slice Nut Cookies
I found this beautifully written recipe in one of my Aunt Nettie’s Old cookbooks, Meta Given’s Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking. The copyrights were 1947-1952. The recipe was penned by my aunt who lived to be 99 1/2 years old before she passed. Such a wonderful woman. She taught grade school most of her adult life…