Secret RecipesRecipes developed & tested by Gloria Pitzer, the Recipe Detective™
CLOSE-A-COLA By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Don’t ask me why I accepted the challenge – and it wasn’t even the Pepsi challenge, mind […]
Brutus, Strawberry & Orange (After School Shakes) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes, Revised (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1978, p. 17). Julius Caesar was a great warrior. He conquered all the part of Europe that is now France. He even marched his armies into [Great] Britain. He […]
MACARONI OR POTATO SALAD, LIKE KFC By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 29). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] There was a time when the best deli-style macaroni salad […]
CHICKEN SALAD A LA HUDSON’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Secret Fast Food Recipes, Special Edition (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; Dec. 1999, p. 28). INGREDIENTS: 1-lb can mandarin orange sections, drained 1-lb can pineapple chunks, drained 4 cups cooked [and cooled] chicken, cubed ½ cup sliced almonds ½ cup diced celery (*optional) ½ cup […]
COCONUT CONFECTIONS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986) INGREDIENTS: 3-oz pkg. cream cheese 2 tsp grated orange peel 1 TB chopped walnuts ¼ cup flaked coconut INSTRUCTIONS: Beat cream cheese with mixer on medium speed, using small mixing bowl, about 3 to 4 […]
SOMEWHERE IN TIME CHOCOLATE FUDGE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 235) [A revised reprint of… Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition)] INGREDIENTS: ¼-lb. butter or margarine ½ cup light corn syrup […]
ZUCCHINI BREAD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Top Secret Recipes a la Carte (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Sept. 1979) INGREDIENTS: 1 long zucchini 3 eggs 2 cups sugar 2/3 cup oil 1 TB vanilla 3 cups biscuit mix 1 tsp baking soda 1 TB cinnamon 1 cup chopped walnuts INSTRUCTIONS: Grate but do […]
WAIST WATCHERS LEMON CEESECAKE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] DESSERTS from D-Zerta became a life-saver whenever I wanted a snack and couldn’t think […]
WAIST WATCHERS CHERRY CHEESECAKE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, P. 286). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] DESSERTS FROM D-ZERTA became a life-saver whenever I wanted a snack and […]
BANANA BUNDT CAKE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 66) INGREDIENTS: 18-oz box yellow cake mix 1¼ cups thinly sliced, ripe bananas 1 cup buttermilk ¼ cup cold black coffee 2 eggs 1 recipe of our Blender Icing [aka: Thin Vanilla (Blender) Icing] […]