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Zia Lena’s Date Bars
These date bars come from my great aunt’s recipe book, and will surely be your next favorite. These soft cookie bars are filled with plump, chopped Medjool dates and ground walnuts, perfect for a Christmas cookie tray or a mi…
These date bars come from my great aunt's recipe book, and will surely be your next favorite. These soft cookie bars are filled with plump, chopped Medjool dates and ground walnuts, perfect for a Christmas cookie tray or a mid-day treat!
READ: Zia Lena’s Date Bars
Lusciously spicy Holiday Wassail is perfect for your Christmas party.
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Wassail may be a traditional holiday drink, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it all autumn long! This warmly spiced hot mulled cider comes together in minutes and can be heated on the stove or in the slow cooker.
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Grandma’s Biscotti Recipe
My grandma’s recipe for biscotti – classic twice-baked Italian cookies that are first shaped like a slab or flat log and baked, then sliced diagonally and baked again – is the best!
READ: Grandma’s Biscotti Recipe
My grandma's recipe for biscotti - classic twice-baked Italian cookies that are first shaped like a slab or flat log and baked, then sliced diagonally and baked again - is the best!
Aunt Dorothy’s Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
This classic Texas sheet cake is a chocolate lover’s dream! Insanely moist chocolate cake is topped with a fudge-like frosting and chopped pecans.
READ: Aunt Dorothy’s Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
This classic Texas sheet cake is a chocolate lover's dream! Insanely moist chocolate cake is topped with a fudge-like frosting and chopped pecans.
Grandma’s Ambrosia Salad
Ambrosia Salad – My grandma’s recipe for the iconic light and refreshing dessert that includes mandarin oranges, coconut, marshmallows, pineapple and Cool Whip. Perfect for summer!
READ: Grandma’s Ambrosia Salad
Ambrosia Salad - My grandma's recipe for the iconic light and refreshing dessert that includes mandarin oranges, coconut, marshmallows, pineapple and Cool Whip. Perfect for summer!
READ: Grandma’s Ambrosia Salad
Easy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe
This classic recipe for peanut butter cookies comes straight from my mom’s recipe box, and they are the BEST peanut butter cookies. They are easy to make and stay wonderfully soft. This staple recipe deserves a place i…
This classic recipe for peanut butter cookies comes straight from my mom's recipe box, and they are the BEST peanut butter cookies. They are easy to make and stay wonderfully soft. This staple recipe deserves a place in everyone's kitchen!
This easy broccoli salad is an old family recipe, loaded with bacon and cheese, and tossed in a creamy dressing.
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Fresh broccoli salad is creamy, salty, tangy, sweet, and oh, so delicious. My grandma has been making this for holidays and family get-togethers for as long as I can remember, and I’ve been addicted to it for just as long. Make this recipe to get veggies into even the pickiest of eaters (i.e. me)!
Whether it’s for an easy side dish, or simply because you love the taste of fresh produce, this salad will become a favorite. At least, that’s my hopeful wish!
Just like my Easy Grape Salad, it’s an Easter treat. And if there’s one way to get me to eat broccoli, this salad is it!
Dancing with cheese and bacon, and a tangy-sweet mayonnaise dressing, this dish will convert you into a broccoli lover. Okay, maybe not a full-on broccoli lover, but I bet you’ll love it in this salad!
And if the dressing on the salad makes your stomach happy, you should also make my Seven Layer Salad, which uses the same dressing.
The ingredients are simple and few, but they sing together in perfect harmony.
The dressing only requires a few ingredients, as well.
Since we are using fresh heads of broccoli for this recipe, we need to break them down into small florets.
Florets are the flowery part of the head. Or, if you look at broccoli as a tree, florets are the small branches and leaves. We don’t want to use the trunk or large branches here.
The process is pretty straightforward and takes very little time.
While I love my grandma’s traditional dressing, the salad lends itself to some flavor modifications when it comes to the dressing if you’d like to try something different:
This is my grandma’s recipe, and her go-to ingredients are bacon, cheddar, and diced onion. However, one great thing about this recipe is that it’s super customizable! I’ve seen lots of additions and variations, including:
If your family makes broccoli salad, I’d love to hear what your favorite add-ins are!
While you can serve this immediately after making it, I think it’s best when you cover it and let it sit in the fridge for a couple of hours. The flavors meld together and the dressing gets absorbed a bit, making it just perfect. And leftovers the next day are even better! Store it in an airtight container and use it within 4 days.
Broccoli salad doesn’t freeze well. As a result, make it and enjoy it within the timeframe listed above!
If you make this recipe and love it, I would so appreciate it if you would take a moment to leave a rating below. Thank you so much!
Originally published in 2011, this has been updated to include new photos and more in-depth recipe tips.
[photos by Ari of Well Seasoned]
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Bisquick chicken pot pie is the ultimate comfort food. It makes use of pantry and freezer staples and is ready in a snap; one of my very favorite old family recipes. Make this recipe on a chilly night to warm you right up!
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Bisquick chicken pot pie is the ultimate comfort food. It makes use of pantry and freezer staples and is ready in a snap; one of my very favorite old family recipes. Make this recipe on a chilly night to warm you right up!
Many years ago, I went to my grandparents for lunch on a random Saturday during the winter. My grandma pulled a chicken pot pie out of the oven that was absolutely out-of-this-world.
The crust was flaky and golden brown, while the filling was thick and full of chicken and vegetables.
When I asked my grandma for the recipe, I was shocked at how easy it was. Using Bisquick from the pantry, frozen vegetables and a rotisserie chicken make this incredibly simple.
Tender chicken, savory vegetables, creamy filling, and a flaky crust. These are all the things that make this dish a favorite during the fall and winter months.
Normally you would need at least an hour of prep time, but this pot pie recipe comes together in about 20 minutes.
Better yet, including the bake time, you’ll be ready to serve in under an hour!
If you want a more traditional method, try my recipe for Chicken Pot Pie from Scratch.
Otherwise, follow the steps below for an easy chicken pot pie that is just as delicious and full of flavor.
First, measure out all your ingredients and chop up your chicken.
Your dairy ingredients need to be cold, especially for the crust, so take those out of the refrigerator right before you get started.
To make the crust, use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the Bisquick until the mixture is crumbly.
Then stir in the milk with a wooden spoon until the mixture begins to form a ball.
Lightly press the dough along the bottom and sides of the pie plate.
Bake at 400 degrees for about 5 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove from the oven and set aside.
Now start your filling by melting the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the Bisquick, onion, salt, and pepper with a wooden spoon.
Continue to cook until bubbling, stirring constantly, then remove from heat. Gradually add in the chicken broth and then the vegetables.
Return saucepot to the stove over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
Continue stirring for about a minute, then remove from heat and add in chicken.
Pour the filling mixture into the pie crust and start on the top crust.
Whisk together the Bisquick, milk, and melted butter in a small bowl. Then pour over the filling and smooth to the edges of the pie plate with a spatula.
Bake for 25 minutes, or until the top is a beautiful golden brown. Let stand for about 10 minutes to cool.
Cut yourself a nice big slice and enjoy!
I hope you and your family enjoy this Bisquick chicken pot pie soon! If you make it, I’d love if you would take a moment to stop back and share a review below. ENJOY! 😍
Originally published in 2012, this Bisquick chicken pot pie recipe has been updated to include new photos, a helpful video tutorial, and more in-depth recipe tips.
[photos by Ari of Well Seasoned]
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My grandma’s recipe for banana nut bread is a classic banana bread recipe packed full of mashed bananas and chopped walnuts; it can be prepped in 10 minutes and bakes up super moist and dense. A family favorite!
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My grandma’s recipe for banana nut bread is a classic banana bread recipe packed full of mashed bananas and chopped walnuts; it can be prepped in 10 minutes and bakes up super moist and dense. A family favorite!
Growing up, there was never a lack of things to eat at my grandma’s house. There were tins filled with pizzelle and biscotti that were never empty. I mean, never. They were always sitting, filled to the brim, on the last step near the dining room.
My favorite days were the ones when I would walk in and see my grandma in the kitchen, surrounded by loaves upon loaves of pepperoni bread. My second favorite day was banana bread day. Smelling the air infused with bananas and warm bread was intoxicating. These also got churned out many at a time. And nothing could beat a thick slice slathered with soft butter. Divine.
I’m thrilled to be sharing her recipe with you; this bread is super moist, packed full of banana flavor, and best of all – it comes straight from my grandma’s kitchen. Which makes it the best banana bread ever, naturally.
There might not be anything worse than dry banana bread, am I right? The lineup of ingredients for making my grandma’s banana nut bread is pretty standard, but there are two key ingredients in this recipe that ensure it stays supremely moist:
A few extra notes to ensure you are sitting down to the absolute best banana bread that you’ve ever had…
As you might be able to tell, this banana bread recipe doesn’t make a super-high loaf, but it’s one of the things I love most about it. It’s condensed, moist and packed full of flavor. It makes a perfect breakfast bread, and is also an amazing dessert to have with coffee.
I feel so fortunate that I was able to spend so much time with my grandma as I grew up, and that I have so many incredible memories tied to her house and to the food that she made.
Each time I make one of her recipes and have a simple smell bring me back to her kitchen, I know she is thrilled that I’ve carried on making so many of the recipes that our family has loved over the years, including this banana bread.
If you make this recipe and love it, I would so appreciate it if you would take a moment to leave a rating below. Thank you so much!
My grandma’s recipe for banana nut bread – a classic banana bread recipe packed full of mashed bananas and chopped walnuts. A family favorite!
Nutritional values are based on one serving
Originally published in 2010, this has been updated to include new photos, a helpful video tutorial, and more in-depth recipe tips.
[photos by Ari of Well Seasoned]
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