Mimi's Recipe Board

I am starting to think about our Thanksgiving menu and was wondering what you have planned to serve. At this moment I know we will have: some type of nibble foods: I only know it will not be very rich so as not to fill up turkey bread dressing or stuffing, fiery sweet potatoes (went over well last year), mashed potatoes cranberry relish some type of veggie beet, fruit and Read more [...]

This is the thread where we post those recipes that we've been meaning to try and haven't or a thread encouraging us to dig into that pile of cookbooks to try at least one recipe a month so they are used.  This is the one I made last night.  So GOOD!  I did not use  the crock pot method.  I placed a corning ware casserole in an old electric skillet on very low heat with a little water to do Read more [...]

We now have her home, for a week and everything is now routine.  Portions sizes, daily injections and watching her carbohydrate levels for the rest of her days. She is really getting used to it.  Bless her little heart she told her daddy 'I'm sorry I'm sick" How to break your heart or what? Ironically a couple of days after she got home the annual fundraiser for the JDRF was announced on TV and their Read more [...]

Do you feel like there is something you constantly misplace or lose?What is it?Have you figured out a way to not misplace it?For me it is a tape measure.  I try to keep it with sewing stuff but I constantly seem to misplace it.  Makes me crazy! And I lose baked potato nails.  I had 6 and am down to 2 now.  I cannot figure out where they go but they do seem to vanish.What disappears for you?  Read more [...]

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I accidentally deleted my contact list from my e-mail. I’m rebuilding it so could you please just send a little something so i have yours  again.  I’m pretty sure I let you know that i got my ornament buddy but just in case.

These are handy substitutes for missing ingredients.  I almost never have cream or buttermilk in the refrigerator.If you need heavy cream for a recipe, you can make your own by combining 2/3 c. whole milk with 1/3 c. melted butter. Good to know.Add one tablespoon of white vinegar to a liquid measuring cup. Then, add milk until the amount reaches one cup. Let the mixture stand at room temperature for Read more [...]

...that if we comment on an older post, it doesn't bring it to the top anymore.  Has anyone else commented or posted recipes under the older entries that we're missing?   Oh also, I have started successfully shopping for the ornament exchange!!! That is always fun!Here's the Brownie Bites one again that I had posted under Internet Finds...check out the picture from the link!Ferrero Rocher Brownie Read more [...]

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I just wanted to let my dear Mimi’s friends who were in the path of Sandy that you’re cared about & being prayed for.

Do you have any special go-to recipes that you keep on hand lest company pops in?  MIL keeps this one, and it's good! FROZEN CHERRY DESSERT 1 can Eagle Brand milk 2 c. miniature marshmallows 1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple, well drained 1 can cherry pie filling 1 (12 oz.) Cool Whip, thawed Mix Eagle Brand milk and marshmallows. Let stand until soft, stir often. Mix well-drained pineapple Read more [...]

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I watch her nearly every day and today she made a hamburger “a la prinanti style” piled high with slaw and pickles etc.  Oh my good golly miss molly I wish I could reach through the screen yummo ! The recipe is on her site.

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My friend wants to make her first ever pumpkin pie from a pie pumpkin. When I tried this many years ago, it wasn’t very successful so I never tried it again.  She has made many pumpkin pies but not from scratch from a pumpkin.  Anyone have any good advice for her?  Really hoping it is a succesful endeavor for her. Thanks for your input

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If I were to pick up either a bushel or half bushel of big white sweet onions today, what should I be doing with them to preserve them?  That is something I’ve never done before but they sure do look nice! Thanks for any advice!