Homemade Harvest

While it's still a bit early to harvest potatoes from my grandparents' garden, Gram would dig up some of the earliest and smallest...

For years on Sundays, mom would bake some variation (or 2) of this strata and bring it to church before the morning service. We were...

This is definitely a childhood favorite, and even though mom hasn't made these in years, I still remember eating them as soon as she cut...

I found a couple venison steaks at the bottom of the freezer that needed used up, and since it's still cold outside I decided to make...

This recipe originally came from the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook from 1953, which was *the* cookbook to have back in those days....

Okay, so this (technically) isn't a family recipe, but it is a family favorite! I baked these about a week before the deer rifle season...

This is easily one of my favorite cold-weather recipes made by both my mom and Gram. They each made it slightly differently, I think mine...

This recipe has several variations, but I always remembered it as the banana bread my mom made for us growing up. It was her way of...

Ever since I was a kid Pap has almost always made French toast for breakfast when I go to visit. I used to sprinkle about a pound of...

Many cornbread recipes have an insane amount of baking powder and my mom absolutely hates the taste. She went on a search for a different...

I called my mom one day for her recipe which she apparently came up with on a whim when I was little. She said I had a hard time eating...

Gram's good friend Charlie has a reputation in their town of holding community get-togethers and making really good food. She made this...

Pap used to help make these sticky buns in mass quantities for fall festivals. This makes quite a bit; I've included the original recipe...

Okay, so this recipe also falls under "Family Recipes," but I think bread deserves its own section. My mom has been making this for as...

Kay is a good friend of Gram's for a number of years, and I have gotten to know her as well. When I lived near my grandparents, each week...

Normally the season for rhubarb is quite short, but Gram's rhubarb patch often lasts through the summer. She has a huge patch next to her...

Normally I'm not a cake person, but anyone who knows me knows that peanut butter is one of my favorite things. Gram has been making this...

This recipe originally came from my mom and it was one of the first things I learned how to bake. She used to work in a cafe in Ohio and...