FAMILY RECIPE BOOK | FULL PDF DOWNLOAD

By |2023-12-08T22:33:40-07:00December 8th, 2023|Recipes|

12-08-23 I started making this Family Recipe Book in October 2020.  I wanted to have something to give to my children as they began their life of independence.  I didn't know how much we would use it every day. As I started looking at options of how to format and print the book, [...]

THANKSGIVING | MELISSA’S FAMILY RECIPES

By |2023-10-05T14:50:07-06:00November 1st, 2023|Recipes|

Brisket isn't a typical Thanksgiving meat, but it the one I love the most.  The rest of our Thanksgiving meal is pretty traditional.  It's just that I really wanted the items to be made from scratch and some side dishes I wanted to make ahead, because Thanksgiving Day can be CRAZY!  The only thing [...]

BREADS & DOUGHS | MELISSA’S FAMILY RECIPES

By |2023-09-29T12:37:54-06:00September 20th, 2023|Recipes|

Did you know that Challah is specifically a sweet bread and is amazing as French toast?  Or that what makes dinner rolls so yummy is that they have 1/2 a cup of sugar in them?  Also, a hotly debated topic between Silas and me was discovering whether or not Monkey bread is a bread [...]

SALADS & DRESSINGS | MELISSA’S FAMILY RECIPES

By |2023-08-15T17:31:51-06:00August 15th, 2023|Recipes|

Years ago when I was researching what people serve for lunches besides PBJ and peaches, I looked into Cafe Zupa's and all their salads and I thought, "I am going to have one day a week where we eat salads, but it will be a different one each week."  Have you ever thought through [...]

SANDWICHES FOR LUNCH | MELISSA’S FAMILY RECIPES

By |2023-07-20T15:09:25-06:00July 20th, 2023|Recipes|

Did you know there are still places that don't have sandwich bread?  They don't have traditional American ovens and they still cook flatbreads over fire.  Other places still have thick, crusty artisinal bread and have to use a panini press just to make the sandwich fit in your mouth.  My favorite bread is a [...]

LUNCHES YOU COOK | MELISSA’S FAMILY RECIPES

By |2023-04-26T15:59:13-06:00June 7th, 2023|Recipes|

Lunches are yummy.  It actually took me a long time to figure out how to feed my family something for lunch besides PB&J and canned peaches.  I ended up kind of thinking of our lunch time like a Bistro and I studied what places like "Cafe Zupas" made.  I read about Italy and their [...]

BIRTHDAY DESSERTS | MELISSA’S FAMILY RECIPES

By |2023-10-01T12:57:21-06:00May 3rd, 2023|Recipes|

We have seven people in our family and we all have a favorite birthday cake recipe.  My oldest is 17 and it truly has taken this long to find the recipes they each love. Here they are in birth order. Eli's Cheesecake and Cherry Compote - Rick (It's a toss up between this and [...]

HOSPITALITY IDEAS | MELISSA’S FAMILY RECIPES

By |2023-04-26T15:53:10-06:00March 8th, 2023|Recipes|

While I truly believe that hospitality is more about how you serve and treat the person in front of you, it seems that one way or another food is involved.  Some areas where hospitality recipe ideas come in handy are when you need to: bring over a side dish to a potluck, or make [...]

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