Old House Home Stead

I’ve taken several recipes I’ve found and tweaked them into one that we love. Our family likes this dish with french toast or pancakes, and fruit. Everyone enjoys it. Even those who don’t like sour cream. Shh! Don’t tell them! ; ) Old House Baked Eggs 8 eggs, beaten1/2 cup milk1 cup crumbled sausage or…

I started out the day a little unmotivated. I decided to look at my Motivated Mom’s list for the day and it gave me the boost to get started on my chores today. Since it helped me I thought it might help you today, too! Get Motivated in the Kitchen (and other rooms, too!) I…

This recipe falls into the kitchen tip category since it’s an inexpensive money saving recipe for you and your children to enjoy! Flour Finger Paint What You Need: One-cup flour 1 1/4 cups hot water 1 1/2 cups cold water Two-tablespoons salt Food coloring or tempera paint What You Do: Mix the flour, salt, and…

A friend gave me the In the Kitchen with Mary and Martha: A Cookbook Featuring Oodles of Inspiration, Recipes and Tips (Cookbook Series) cookbook. We had Huntington Chicken for dinner last night and it was delicious! Huntington Chicken 4 cups chicken broth8 tablespoons flour1/2 pound grate cheese (Colby)2 cups cooked macaroni1 (4-5 pound) whole chicken,…

I got this recipe from a good friend back in Maryland. It’s one of my favorite fruity desserts. If we call it a salad it’s automatically healthy, right? ; ) Strawberry Pretzel Salad Crust:2 cup crushed pretzels3/4 cup melted margarine3 T. sugar Mix and spread in a 9×13 baking dish. Bake at 400 degrees for…

My mother-in-law makes these every Christmas and they are so yummy! Yes, I know it’s not Christmas, but they sounded so yummy I just had to share them with you! Baby Cheesecakes 19 oz. cream cheese – softened3 eggs1 tsp. lemon juice1 tsp. vanilla1 c. sugarvanilla wafersPaper baking cups Place paper baking cups in muffin…

I made my Easy Peasy Chops on Sunday, but as I was gathering the ingredients I noticed I was plum out of cream of chicken soup. Didn’t I just stock up on that a few months ago? Uh oh! What was I going to do? Then I remember Crystal aka Money Saving Mom had mentioned…

Once again I shamelessly share the cutie-patootie-ness of my littlest. There’s a recipe at the bottom, too! The nursery folk at church blow bubbles for the kiddos on Sunday mornings. She really likes it…so much that she made up her own “bubbles”! Hey — she’s in the kitchen, right? Oh, and her hair’s pulled back…

I serve my potatoes mashed with the skin on. You get more vitamins and minerals from your spud that way! A friend used to call them “smashed” potatoes and the name kind of stuck. Smashed Potatoes2 1/2 pounds russet potatoes1 stick of butter1/4 cup milk1/4 tsp pepperdash or two of salt Scrub and cube potatoes.…

A friend of mine came over last week with her gang. She brought some very yummy cookies! I had to know what the secret was. Cake mix! Read on… Cake Mix Cookies 1 package yellow cake mix2 eggs1/4 cup oilChips of any type…she used mini chocolate chips but can you imagine butterscotch chips? Yum! Drop…