Memere's Quick Ambrosia

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Ingredients for Memere's Quick Ambrosia: Madarin Oranges, Pineapple Chunks, Shredded Coconut, Tiny Marshmellows and Sour Cream.


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Barbecue Sauce for a Crowd

This recipe is quite old and is from an unknown source.


Ingredients for Barbecue Sauce for a Crowd: Cooking Sherry, Soy Sauce, Brown Sugar, Pineapple, Liquid Smoke, Worcestershire Sauce, Catsup/Ketchup, Chili Sauce, Barbecue Sauce W Onions and Seasoning Salt.


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When we were growing up the only Worcestershire Sauce that I ever remember seeing in our home was Lea & Perrins. Right mouse click on the bottle below for recipes and a coupon to save on your next purchase of Lea and Perrins.

Bisquick Recipes - Banana Bread & Pumpkin Bread

Here are two recipes cut from a Bisquick box found in Memere's Blue Spiral notebook.


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Bisquick Banana Bread Ingredients: Vegetable Oil, Bananas, Vanilla, Eggs, Sugar, Chopped Nuts & Bisquick.


Bisquick Pumpkin Bread Ingredients: Oil, Canned Pumpkin, Eggs, Sugar, Ground Cinnamon, Raisins & Bisquick.


For a PDF printable copy of these recipes right mouse click HERE.

For more great Pumpkin recipes right mouse click on the Libby's can.

Memere's Fabulous Pie Crust

Memere's Fabulous Pie Crust Ingredients: Pie Crust Mix, Sugar, Egg Yolk and Milk.

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Memere's Fresh Apple Nut Bread

Memere always had a way about her. She knew exactly how to tweak a recipe to suit her taste. This is one of those recipes.


Ingredients for Memere's Fresh Apple Nut Bread: Butter, Light Brown Sugar, Eggs, Flour, Grated Apples, Nuts, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Lemon Peel, Salt, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Buttermilk. Bake this bread in a 9"x5" bread pan for 1 hour in a 350 degree oven.


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Cheesy Spinach Pinwheels

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Cheesy Spinach Pinwheels Ingredients: Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls, Garlic Herb Spreadable Cheese, Deli Ham and Fresh Spinach Leaves.


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Right mouse click on the can above to see more Pillsbury Crescent roll recipes.

Grilled Garlic Chicken

Click on the recipe above to enlarge. Grilled Garlic Chicken Ingredients: Lipton Recipe Secrets Garlic Mushroom Soup Mix, Oil and Chicken Breasts.


For a PDF printable copy of this recipe right mouse click HERE. For more Lipton Soup recipes right mouse click on the box below.

Citrus Honey Chicken Kebobs

Here is a magazine recipe cut out, found in Memere's Blue Spiral Note Book. It features both ReaLemon and ReaLime.


Ingredients for Citrus Honey Chicken Kebobs: ReaLemon, ReaLime, Orange Juice, Honey, Salt and Chicken Breasts.





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For more information on ReaLemon, just right mouse click on the Lemons picture to navigate to the TipNut.


Enjoy reading about 10 ReaLemon Juice Household Hacks Plus a Bonus Recipe.

Memere's New York Cheese Cake

Memere called this her New York Cheese Cake. It looks surprisingly similar to her other Cheese Cake recipes but, here it is, in her own hand writing.


New York Cheese Cake ingredients: Graham Cracker Crumbs, Sugar, Cinnamon, Ginger, Melted Butter, Cream Cheese, Sour Cream, Eggs, Almonds and Vanilla.

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If you think that it's altogether too much effort to make cheese cake from scratch you can always purchase the gorgeous one shown above at HSN! Right mouse click on the photo to navigate to David's Cheese Cake. The sticker shock may make you reconsider, but... what a great gift idea!

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

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Pineapple Upside Down Cake Ingredients: Sliced Pineapple, Butter, Brown Sugar, Maraschino Cherries and a Boxed Cake Mix.


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Visit the Dole Pineapple website for more great pineapple recipes, just right mouse click on the cans below.

Fresh Apple Cake

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Fresh Apple Cake Ingredients: Shortening, Sugar, Flour, Eggs, Baking Soda, Ground Cloves, Coffee, Raisins, Nuts and Apples.


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If you are not a regular coffee maker/drinker consider using instant coffee in this recipe. Prepare coffee as directed on the label, cool and add to the recipe.
I love the look of this vintage Taster's Choice jar. Visit Nescafe's website to enjoy more recipes that include coffee. My favorite recipe is their Quick Tiramisu.
Right mouse click on the jar to navigate to the recipes.

Italian Zucchini Crescent Pie

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Italian Zucchini Crescent Pie Ingredients: Margarine, Zucchini, Onions, Parsley, Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder, Basil, Oregeno, Eggs, Shredded Cheese, Refridgerated Crescent Rolls and Mustard.


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To see this recipe on the Pilsbury site, right mouse click on the Pie picture.


This recipe was probably clipped from Memere's favorite newspaper, The Sun-Sentinel of south Florida.


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Cranberry Sherbet

Memère clipped this recipe from Parade Magazine in November of 1979.


Cranberry Sherbet Ingredients: Cranberries, Water, Sugar, Unflavored Gelatin, Lemon Rind and Lemon Juice.


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Carrot-Raisin Muffins

Memere loved to make muffins for Bumpa's Breakfast.

Here is another of her favorite recipes from the Sun-Sentinel.

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Ingredients for the Sun-Sentinel's Carrot-Raisin Muffins: All Purpose Flour, Whole Wheat Flour, Sugar, Baking Powder, Ground Ginger, Cinnamon, Eggs, Canned Crushed Pineapple, Shredded Carrots, Raisins, Corn Syrup, Vanilla and Walnuts.

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Find this fabulous Lemon Muffin Recipe at the Sun-Sentinel with a right mouse click on the muffin photo.

Memere's Strawberry Tart

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Ingredients for Memere's Strawberry Tart: Margarine, Flour, Confectioners Sugar, Strawberries, Juice and Gelatin.

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Impossible Cheeseburger Pie

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Ingredients for Impossible Cheeseburger Pie: Ground Beef, Chopped Onion, Salt, Cheddar Cheese, Milk, Bisquick and Eggs.


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Memere clipped many Bisquick recipes over time. The impossible pies are a special grouping of recipes all by themselves. If you are on a gluten free diet, try Gluten free Bisquick. Right mouse click on the photo below to navigate to Bisquick's recipe page.

Cranberry Punch

This simple recipe was cut from the Parade Magazine in November of 1979.


Cranberry Punch Ingredients: Cranberry Juice Cocktail, Apple Juice, Club Soda and Orange Slices.


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Vintage 1979 Parade Magazine Cranberry Recipes

Memère had cut out & saved a series of cranberry recipes from the weekly Parade Magazine that was delivered with her local newspaper back in 1979. The photo above shows those recipes. Right mouse click on the picture to navigate to the online version of Parade Magazine. It's a great read & there are plenty of updated recipes.

Basic Bisquick Coffee Cake

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Basic Bisquick Waffles

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Basic Bisquick Pancakes

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3 Bisquick Box Recipes

3 Bisquick Box Recipes cut out by Memere.




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Bisquick Biscuits - Rolled & Dropped

Here are two Bisquick recipes that Memere cut from the side of a box.

Ingredients for Bisquick Biscuits: Bisquick and Milk.

Find a printable PDF copy of this cut out HERE.

Old Bisquick Recipes Advertisement (2)

Here is another older printed advertisement that goes with many of Memere's clipped recipes. Along with the old clippings she also received "The Bisquick Banner" in the mail. Those news letters will be shared later. You can find the other Bisquick Magazine Ad HERE.


Many of the recipes in this ad can be found HERE.


A PDF printable copy can be found HERE.


(Right mouse click on the links to open a new tab/page.)

Impossible Lasagna Pie

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Ingredients for Impossible Lasagna Pie: Cottage Cheese, Ground Beef, Mozzarella Cheese, Salt, Oregano, Tomato Paste, Milk, Eggs and Bisquick Mix.


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Old Bisquick Recipes Advertisement

This older printed advertisement goes with many of Memere's clipped recipes. Although she had Celiac Disease (Gluten Allergy) she loved to collect Bisquick recipes, she even received copies of the "The Bisquick Banner." Those news letters will be shared later.


Enjoy the recipes on the box in the ad.


A PDF printable copy can be found HERE.


Be sure to try some of these recipes with the Gluten Free vesion of Bisquick.

Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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Ingredients for Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies: Butter Brown, Sugar, Eggs, Oats, Flour, Baking Soda, Sweetened Dried Cranberries and White Chocolate Chunks.


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To see this recipe on the Ocean Spray website & more great recipes right mouse click the can below.

Rice Pudding

This Rice Pudding Recipe was found in Memere's Blue Wire Index and is probably from a Carnation milk label.

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Rice Pudding Recipe Ingredients: Water, White Rice, Cinnamon Stick, Ground Cinnamon, Evaporated Milk, Condensed Milk, Raisins, Vanilla, Salt and Eggs.

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For the exact ricipe pictured above, visit the Carnation Milk website with a right mouse click on the photo.

Chocolate Trifle Newpaper Clipping

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This clipping is most likely from the Sun-Sentinel of Boynton Beach, Florida.


Ingredients for Chocolate Trifle Newpaper Clipping: Devil's Food Cake Mix, Rum, Cherry Pie Filling, Chocolate Custard, Whipped Cream, Powdered Sugar, Toasted Almond Slivers, Sugar, Cocoa, Salt, Eggs & Milk.


For a Printable PDF copy of this recipe right mouse click HERE.


Don't forget to use a pretty & simple trifle bowl like the Libby's Bowl below.

Memere's Published Cheese Cake Recipe

Memere had many Cheese cake recipes But this is the only one that had been published. This recipe is being shared with permission.




Ingredient's for Memere's Cheese Cake: Graham Cracker Crumbs, Sugar, Cinnamon, Ginger, Melted Butter, Cream Cheese, Sour Cream, Eggs and Vanilla.


For a printable version of this recipe right mouse click HERE.

McDonald's Shamrock Shakes

It's March!!! I'm sorry... I just can't help myself! This is the only time of the year that you can enjoy McDonald's Shamrock Shakes! They are so popular that there are numerous locations on the web to read all about them. Try THIS article from USA TODAY, it is an interesting read & will link to you a site to locate them in your area; or click to the Sun-Sentinel for a blurb on them HERE. You may need to scroll down the page a bit. Enjoy these Minty treats until March 17th.