by RetroRuth | Feb 22, 2019 | Holiday, Salads, Side Dishes & Salads, Valentine's Day |
So, this was supposed to be a Valentine’s Day post, but I missed it by a week. Which is ok, since this isn’t technically a Valentine’s Day dessert. Er…salad. Valentine’s Salad. Instead of the ubiquitous strawberry, the pink in this dessert actually comes from...
by RetroRuth | Feb 8, 2019 | Bread and Pastries |
Alex had a ridiculous number of snow days in a row recently, so I haven’t got much recipe testing done. But I did have some bananas that were going black, so I decided a good snow day activity would be making banana bread! This recipe is from How America Eats by...
by RetroRuth | Feb 1, 2019 | Beverages, Cocktail Party |
Since Tom has been under the weather lately, I decided it would be a good time to make him some tea. No wait. I thought it would be a good time to make him some beef tea. No, wait. I thought it would be a good time to make him some Cranberry Beef Tea! “The men...
by RetroRuth | Jan 25, 2019 | Main Dishes, Soup |
It seems cruel to make someone test recipes while they are sick, and this week Tom had the flu. So I made him a nice bowl of hot chicken noodle soup. With Fried Bananas on top! This was one of those crazy topping ideas I got from a 1941 book entitled, Easy Ways To...
by RetroRuth | Jan 18, 2019 | MCMenu Fun |
As expected, you guys all did great at the quiz! But of course you would. We are all vintage recipe fanatics here. I don’t even need to share the answers with you, not really. All the correct answers are in the comments. But I will anyway, because I had a whole lot of...