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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Homemade Holidays

Happy Monday! Did you know that today, December 9th, is National Pastry Day? Thus, it’s a great time to make those special holiday pies and tarts! In honor of this day, at the end of this blog entry, I’m including Mom’s favorite butter pie crust recipe (which, originally, came from her mom; but Mom thought it […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Traditions

Hanukkah - Christmas Illustration by Gloria Pitzer

Happy Monday, belated! I apologize for missing my normal Monday deadline. I ran up north on Black Friday, with a couple of girlfriends, to see another girlfriend for an impromptu “Friends-giving” celebration. The weather forecast was calling for only a light dusting to an inch of snow but, of course, this is Michigan; and we […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Giving Thanks and Appreciation

To Mom...Love, Me

Happy Monday to all! Just a few more days until Thanksgiving! Are you ready for it? Being thankful and appreciative is as much a part of the preparation for Thursday’s big celebration as the righteous bird and all the trimmings that will sit in the middle of our tables as we gather together, with family […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – In the Beginning…

Happy Monday everyone! Thank you for stopping in… Since I started this blog series over a year ago, I have found so much joy in re-reading all of my copies of Mom’s old “No Laughing Matter” columns, books and newsletter issues. As I mentioned last week, they are my go-to-material for inspiration in the kitchen, […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – My Favorite Things

Happy Monday to all! And to ALL members of our military, past and present, THANK YOU SO MUCH for your service, defending and protecting our country! Now… Tell me… What are some of your favorite things? I’ve found, over the years, that most of my favorite things are those which really don’t cost any money […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Bring on the Holidays!

Illustration by Gloria Pitzer

Happy Monday, everyone; and happy November, too! Thank you for visiting and… The fall/winter holidays are upon us now. For many, the countdown to “the holidays” began with the onset of the autumn solstice. Now that Halloween has passed us by, it’s only 24 more days until Thanksgiving! About four weeks after that, is the […]

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Chocolate Almond Bark, like Sanders!

CHOCOLATE ALMOND BARK – Like Sanders! By Gloria Pitzer, part of her original 200 recipes collection, developed in the early-to-mid 1970s. [As seen in Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 233).] When you look at all the marvelous candies that Sanders offers, be sure to look […]

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Beginagain’s Awesome Potato Cheese Soup

Beginagain’s Awesome Potato Cheese Soup By Gloria Pitzer,  as seen on her Fall Media Free Offer sheet (2002-2004) Ingredients: 14-oz. can drained, whole potatoes (cut up) 2 cans (10-oz. each) Campbell’s Chicken Broth 10-oz. can cream of chicken soup 12-oz. tub whipped cream cheese (original) 1 TB dry minced onion 16 square saltine crackers, blender-ground […]

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Mrs. Meadow’s Chocolate Chip Cookies [*with options]

Mrs. Meadow’s Chocolate Chip Cookies [*with options] By Gloria Pitzer, Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Fast Food Recipes (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; March 1985, p. 86) Ingredients: 2 sticks butter (1/2 lb.) 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup brown sugar 3 eggs 3 cups self-rising flour 12-oz. bag chocolate chips Instructions: Cream together the butter, sugars […]

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No Egg Pudding Cake

No Egg Pudding Cake By Gloria Pitzer, “Cookbook Corner” (Happy Newspaper Features, Algonac, MI; 1973) Ingredients: 1 cup flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. salt 3/4 cup sugar 2 TB unsweetened cocoa 1/2 cup milk 2 TB oil 1 cup broken walnuts 1 cup brown sugar, combined with 1/2 cup additional unsweetened cocoa 1 […]

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