Secret RecipesHi! I'm Laura Emerich and Gloria Pitzer, the ORIGINAL Secret Recipe Detective, is my mom. This website is lovingly dedicated to her memory and legacy.
Pepper Casserole By Gloria Pitzer, “Cookbook Corner” (Happy Newspaper Features, Algonac, MI; 1973) Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs. hamburger 1 pkg. dry onion soup mix 4 green peppers [halved, with seeds & ribs removed] 2 lbs. canned stewed tomatoes 1 cup celery, sliced thin 2 vegetable bouillon cubes, dissolved in 1 C. boiling water 2 […]
Happy Monday and, of course, happy National Chocolate Day! #NationalChocolateDay According to NationalDayCalendar.com, today is National Chocolate Day and was created by the National Confectioners Association. There are other chocolate celebrations throughout the year – just five weeks ago, I discussed the celebration of National White Chocolate Day. As I mentioned in that blog entry, “Let […]
Happy Monday and happy National Food Day! #NationalFoodDay As I said at the end of last week’s blog, today is National Food Day; plus, it’s also Pumpkin Cheesecake Day! See the end of this blog for a copy of Mom’s sugar-free recipe for the latter. Part of what started Mom’s career as the Recipe DetectiveTM […]
Happy Monday! And happy Autumn too! The days are getting shorter and colder, while the leaves of the trees are getting more colorful each day! Unfortunately, the painter’s palette of nature doesn’t last for long and, soon, all the colors will be gone, blowing in the wind! #EatBetterEatTogetherMonth At the end of my last blog […]
Happy Monday to everyone! It’s October and the final quarter of 2019 has begun its countdown. Earlier this year, I wrote a blog entry called “Spring into Cleaning” [March 25, 2019]. Well, now, it’s time to discuss the seasonal cleaning events that a lot of us face in the fall… at least, in Michigan and the […]
As always, happy Monday! According to NationalDays.com, today is National Love People Day and recommends us to, “…offer kindness and care to the people in your community.” #NationalLovePeopleDay While love doesn’t really make the world go ‘round (that’s a gravitational thing), it does make the ride more enjoyable! National Love People Day, according to NationalDays.com, […]
Happy Monday to one and all – and happy first day of the 2019 fall season! According to the “Foodie Calendar” at OCFoodies.com, September 23rd is National White Chocolate Day; while others, like NationalToday.com, say that National White Chocolate Day was yesterday, on the 22nd. Either way if you ask me, let us celebrate chocolate of […]
Happy Monday, everybody! Tomorrow is the 1-year anniversary of my launching this blog, Mondays & Memories of My Mom. I started this to honor my mom’s legacy as the ORIGINAL Secret RecipesTM Detective. The title, Recipe DetectiveTM, which Mom eventually trademarked, was bestowed on her in the mid-1970s by the Detroit area radio listeners of […]
Happy Monday and happy National “I Love Food” Day! I haven’t found a lot of information on this national celebration of food, so I’m not sure how wide-spread it is, but it’s out there, nonetheless. And, why not celebrate food? It’s a basic necessity, as we sure wouldn’t live very long without it! However, food […]
Happy Monday and, most especially, I hope everyone has a fantastic Labor Day today! 125 years ago, Labor Day officially became a federal holiday. It’s celebrated yearly, on the first Monday in September and, just as Memorial Day has become the unofficial start to summer, Labor Day has, likewise, become the unofficial end to summer. Labor […]