Timeless food for busy cooks, inspired by Grandma Doris's recipe box.
I’ve been away from blogging for a few months while starting a tie dye business. Cherry Chip Designs started as a kitchen accessories store on Etsy, as a product to link to this blog. (Cherry Chip is the name of Doris’s favorite cake mix. And she has a lot of recipes in her box that […]
I’m not sure what Grandma’s connection was to this recipe’s author, but it’s a keeper! This handwritten recipe is for good, old-fashioned classic zucchini bread. It’s moist and flavorful, with just the right amount of cinnamon and vanilla (which upon comparison seems to be a tad more than what other recipes call for). It yields […]
I made these cookies to accompany a Chinese takeout dinner we had for Father’s Day. We had my in-laws over for dinner and my father-in-law made a comment about how he was surprised that the restaurant gave us such a large platter of cookies. Fooling someone into thinking your cookies are from a restaurant is […]
I wasn’t too sure about this recipe when I first came across it in my grandma’s recipe box. It was four simple ingredients scribbled on an envelope (I mean, is that even a real recipe?). This blog is based on a project (or goal, really) to cook my way through my Grandma Doris’s recipe box. […]
This was Grandma Doris’s go-to recipe for company in her later years. I remember having this at my grandparent’s house several times. As kids, we even joked ‘I bet Grandma is making that chicken tortilla casserole again.’ And we’d be right. I can see why it was a favorite. It’s delicious, super simple, and you […]
