139 mom used Recipes

french bread (or oval peasant loaf, or sourdough), marinated artichoke hearts, drained , liquid reserved (you can use the hearts whole or roughly chopped), mayonnaise, ripe tomatoes, sliced, sliced salami, sliced unsmoked turkey breast, cheese slices, any kind (provolone and fresh mozzarella are my faves), sliced ripe black olives, drained, purple onion, thinly sliced (amount to taste)

sugar, butter, vanilla ( sugar is nice, use 1 package, by dr. oetker), egg, flour, baking powder, milk, prepared custard (or prepared vanilla pudding or pastry cream), fresh fruit such as strawberries (or a fruit assortment such as peaches or apricots, cherries, kiwis, and strawberries), fruit jam mixed with a little water, to glaze (red currant, strawberry, apple jelly or apricot jam), fresh whipped cream, to serve

all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, butter, melted, milk, fruit (mom uses a large can of plums, but you can use any fresh, frozen or canned ), grape juice (this is optional), apple, chopped into small chunks (i use a tart apple), lemon juice, tapioca

eggs, beaten, crushed saltine crackers (about 45 crackers), fish fillets (use a firm, white , about 1/2 inch thick such as -- white , tilapia, sea bass), vegetable oil (for frying )

butter, onion, chopped, garlic clove, minced, potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cube, flour, chicken broth, milk, whole green chilies (drained and chilies diced into bite-sized pieces, mom used canned, i use fresh roasted chilies, abou), salt, shredded monterey jack cheese, shredded cheddar cheese, pepper

sugar, oil, eggs, water, pumpkin (mom uses canned ), flour, baking soda, nutmeg

head cabbage, carrots, sweet onion, evaporated milk, vinegar, sugar, miracle whip (may use fat free or light)

rhubarb cake recipe, put 2 cups (or a little more) chopped fresh rhubarb (or you can use frozen too) on the bottom of a baking dish or pan., mix together in a separate bowl, sugar, shortening (crisco ), flour, baking powder, milk (add a little more if the batter seems too dry), sugar, cornstarch, cinnamin

leeks (white parts sliced and used only), potatoes, diced, chicken broth, half-and-half, flour, salt and pepper, butter

canned tuna, mayonnaise (i use fat-free), sweet relish, diced onion, hard-boiled eggs (chopped up ), salt and pepper

whole wheat pasta (i use the spiral shape ), shredded cheddar cheese, plus extra for topping (or whatever kind you want), eggs, skim milk (or whole , soy, whatever), salt, paprika, plus extra for topping, pepper, dry mustard (optional), crushed chex cereal (or other breakfast cereal), butter

tofu, extra firm (must be extra firm, this won tsp work with silken or soft), carrots, peeled and shredded, green onions (1/2 inch slices), soy sauce (use more if you like ), sugar, mirin, sesame oil (no substitutes!)

roasting chickens, cut up, yogurt (nonfat ok), fresh lemon juice, oil (do not use olive ), garlic cloves (crushed ), whole cinnamon sticks, cardamom pods, arabic seven spice, ground coriander, ground cumin, ground cayenne pepper, salt, black pepper

sweet italian turkey sausage, browned and drained very well, zucchini, sliced about 1/4 inch thick, tomatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick, onion, sliced 1/4 inch thick, shredded mozzarella cheese (or use deli slices), salt, pepper

head cabbage, shredded, onions, diced, tomato puree, tomato sauce , reserve 1/2 cup for the meat balls, cranberry sauce , whole berry style, brown sugar , i used splenda, lemon juice, dried apricots, diced, white raisins, ground veal , could use turkey or 3 lbs beef, whole egg, egg whites, tomato puree , reserved from the sauce ingredients, ketchup, pepper , to taste, salt , to taste, breadcrumbs , can use matzo meal, adjust amount if necessary, onion powder, onion, diced

tomatoes, onion, garlic cloves (or i like to use jarred garlic in oil about 2 tbsp), tomato sauce, vodka, heavy cream, fresh basil, chopped (approximate, to taste), olive oil, salt and pepper, grated pecorino romano cheese or parmesan cheese, to taste

bread , each slice buttered then cubed (pepperidge farm white - use whole loaf), grated new york white cheddar cheese, milk, salt, dry mustard, beaten eggs, butter, melted

ground beef, yellow onion chopped, minced garlic, extra virgin olive oil, butter, water, boullion cubes (i used chicken..what i had on hand), canned veggies (your choice mix and match, whatever you have on hand), i used, stewed tomatoes with juice, peas-drained, green beans-drained, sliced new potatoes-drained, carrots-drained, here is where i would ve added corn , but had run out), steak seasoning, bay leaves-dried, thyme-dried (crush up in your palm for more flavor), salt and pepper of course