Rediscover these comforting recipes for a trip down memory lane.
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Taste of Home
Make Once, Eat Twice Lasagna
Grandma always made her sauce for lasagna from scratch. But you can save time by using a gourmet jarred spaghetti sauce, then adding seasonings (and lots of cheese!) for flavor.
This zesty recipe dresses up the “educated” vegetable with a cheesy sauce, making it one of our favorite tasty (and healthy) makeovers of favorite family recipes.
When it came to making turkey or chicken pot pies, Grandma’s rule was anything goes. Some grandmas topped their pies with dumplings. Others used pastry, as in this recipe. If you sub chicken for another poultry, this pot pie is a great way to use up any leftovers from a holiday turkey.
Southern grandmas will tell you good biscuits should be crusty on the outside and soft and crumbly on the inside. Northern grandmas insist biscuits should be high, light, and flaky, like these.
This elegant party dish has a bite, thanks to Worcestershire sauce and a pinch of cayenne. To make sure your fish rolls look picture-perfect, choose fish fillets that are uniform in size and thickness.
With an impressive platter like this, your guests will never guess how easy it is to throw together. Serve it up during a dinner party and prepare for the compliments.
This roasted lamb, flavored with oregano and lemon, will have all your guests asking for seconds. No need to feel guilty about eating homemade comfort food—especially not these 10 comfort food dishesprofessional chefs cook at home.
In Italy, this dish was made with scampi—tiny relatives of the lobster. Italian immigrants to America adapted the recipe for shrimp. To keep either scampi or shrimp tender, cook them just until they turn opaque.
In the 1950s, an inventive cook created a fluffy mixture by folding beaten egg whites into a creamy pie filling. The result was so light and airy it looked like a pile of chiffon, and so the name for this recipe was coined. This new take on a vintage pie gets that creamy texture with less work by using cream cheese and vanilla pudding.
What would be a trip to Grandma’s without being greeted with freshly made cookies? These thick and chewy cookies will bring you back to your childhood—just like these other classic cookie recipes straight from Grandma’s recipe box.
Easy to throw together, but worth every “mmm” you’ll get, this trifle would make Grandma proud. But, you shouldn’t wait till you’re Grandma-age to learn to cook great recipes—certainly not these35 recipes everyone should know by the time they’re 35.
Because they're cooking for people they love. They know the grandchildren, what they like, and how they like their food prepared. Grandparents are usually retired and have ample time to shop, cook, and serve exactly what the g'kids like. And, research supports that food cooked with love tastes better.
Leading the pack, Italy stands out as the best cuisine in the world. Next up are Japan and Greece. France takes 8th place, behind Portugal, Mexico and Indonesia.
A junior chef, also called the commis chef, works with station chefs to learn about the kitchen environment. This person has recently completed some schooling or training and is beginning to work in the culinary field.
We all like different foods, however, my personal favourite is burgers. I have eaten many cuisines but my favourite food is definitely a burger. I cannot resist myself when it comes to burgers.
Best way to make your grandmother happy is by spending quality time knowing about her, listening to her tell stories. She will definitely love telling you about mythological stories and other folklore as well. Keep asking her questions about her life, how she grew up, what used to make her happy and her hobbies.
Think handcrafted jewelry, personalized keepsakes, or even a timeless book she can lose herself in. Another gift that Grandma would always love? Something that includes spending time with you. As gifting expert Julie Kenney of The Gifting Experts says, many grandmas just want to spend time with their families.
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Reader's Digest EditorsUpdated: Jun. 07, 2022
