Secret Recipes
Happy October and National Women’s Small Business Month! Additionally, the second Saturday of October is also I Love Yarn Day. Next to journaling, crocheting was one of Mom’s favorite hobbies. For centuries, hobbies have often been turned into small businesses – more so by women than by men. Mom’s mom, my grandma, was a passionate […]
Thank God it’s Monday, again. I always look forward to Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. Therefore, happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #FallFoliageWeek As I wrote last week: [this] week begins National Fall Foliage Week. I’ve actually been seeing trees throughout St. Clair […]
BOSTON CREAM PIE ALA FAST By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; July 1977, p. 8). INGREDIENTS: 18-oz box yellow cake mix 4-oz box instant vanilla pudding (prepared with ¼ cup less milk than box calls for) 1-lb container Betty Crocker Chocolate Frosting ¼ […]
Thank God Its Monday, once again; and, as such, happy Monday to everyone! I personally look forward to all Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective Along with October being, in relation to Mom, National Women’s Small Business Month, National Work […]
APPLE BREAD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 100). INGREDIENTS: 3 eggs 21-oz can apple pie filling 2 tsp apple pie spice 18-oz box Applesauce-Spice cake mix – dry* [*Or substitute yellow cake mix and 4 tsp apple pie spice (instead of […]
Thank God Its Monday and, as such, #HappyMonday, once again, to everyone! I look forward to every Monday because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective NOTE: Apparently, I sometimes get my Mondays mixed up – as I just realized this […]
Happy October and #HappyMonday to all! Thank God Its Monday – every week, I look forward to Monday; as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective October is special in so many ways besides being one of the most colorful months in Michigan. […]