Dishes easy to make. Most of them made in 2pots.
Grandmother’s Jam Filled Lard Cookies are low sugar perfect vintage afternoon snack our grandmother used to make. You may fill them with any of your favourite jam! To continue with ancient foods and ingredients, here you can read about my childhood cookies. Lard is in the dough to… Read more »
Spicy Tuna Cakes Recipe without potato is easy fish cakes salad wrap made with canned tuna, Mediterranean spices, and fresh vegetables. Tuna fish cakes are delicious week dinner made in 20 minutes. I used two cans from stocks we made for our spring lock down and it seems… Read more »
Simple Focaccia is easy Italian focaccia bread recipe using Manitoba flour, olive oil and warm water. Great to enjoy simple slice with wine or cut to make a sandwich but could be served with stew or soup! How to make focaccia bread? When making the dough my grandmother… Read more »
Chicken Liver Pate with Duck Fat : perfect frugal and tasty appetizer ! Ducks are available all year long, both fresh and frozen, so it is not hard to get one at all. We usually cook one for Christmas and it became a rule. To satisfy our occasional duck craving,… Read more »
Rustic Lard Bread : perfect recipe for Italian lard bread , made with water, dry yeast and lard instead of butter to get soft dough; baked in the oven for tasty and simple slices served with prosciutto ! Last year, I started to renew my family vintage recipes and found… Read more »
Homemade Chocolate Recipe is milk chocolate, wartime version, with cocoa powder, and milk powder for the best results! Is is so easy to make your own chocolate version at home! At the end of World War II, Americans were sending us packages of powdered eggs and milk by… Read more »
Cauliflower Bread Recipe is low carb easy mild taste healthy bread. Enriched with chopped mini green sweet peppers. This light and tender Cauliflower Bread Recipe is perfect cauliflower recipe for beginners. As Purple Cauliflower Steaks is. If you use white cauliflower head instead, it works great, too! … Read more »
Cured Egg Yolks are perfect replacement for salty hard cheese, grated and sprinkled over your favourite pasta, risotto, or tomato salad. Three ingredients only! Since ancient times, simple food was cured for delicacies to prepare once the ingredients were expensive or out of season. Type of the food… Read more »
Pickled Mushrooms Recipe is delicious home made version. Budget friendly, with bay leaves, garlic cloves, and black peppercorns, this pickled mushrooms vintage recipe is easy to make with alcohol vinegar or wine vinegar. One early Saturday morning, while still extremely hot but after hard rain pouring all night,… Read more »
Vintage Blueberry Coffee Cake: more than hundred years old, this recipe survived thanks to its simplicity and amazing flavours ! Vintage Blueberry Coffee Cake is one of the evergreens baked quite often, combined with seasonal berries. A handful of any berries added to this perfect batter makes it so comforting… Read more »