Mocha-Chocolate Cheesecake

Memere LOVED to make cheesecake. If she saw a new recipe she could not resist, it had to be cut out & added to her collection. So here is her clipped copy of Mocha-Chocolate Cheesecake from an unknown source.





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Ingredients for Mocha-Chocolate Cheesecake: Chocolate Wafer Crumbs, Butter, Almonds, Semi-Sweet Chocolate, Cream Cheese, Sugar, Eggs, Coffee Granules, Kahlúa, Vanilla, Sour Cream, Powdered Sugar And Chocolate Curls.


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Uncle Ben's Make Ahead Chicken Dish

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Ingredients for Uncle Ben's Make Ahead Chicken Dish: Uncle Ben's Wild Rice (Original), Cream of Chicken Soup, Cream of Celery Soup, Onion Soup Mix, Dry White Wine and Boneless Chicken Breast.


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I could not find this recipe anywhere on the Uncle Ben's Recipe Website, but there are many tempting recipes there. Right mouse click on the Uncle Ben's Box to navigate to their site.

Brown Rice Vegetable Pilaf

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Ingredients for Memere's Brown Rice Vegetable Pilaf: Oil, Brown Rice, Onion, Celery, Carrots, Beef Broth, Water, Rosemary, Salt, Zucchini & Parmesan Cheese.

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American Chop Suey

On Wednesdays Memere's young family enjoyed this dish on a weekly basis. Having a few standard meals made life a bit simpler for such a large family.

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Ingredients for Memere's American Chop Suey: Hamburger, Onion, Green Pepper, Elbow Macaroni, Tomato Sauce, Chopped Tomatoes & Tomato Paste.
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Memere's Home Style Macaroni & Cheese

This is the Mac & Cheese that Memere put on the table every Friday night when the children were growing. Most often it was served with ketchup & ?Grape Jelly? Yup, Grape Jelly!

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Ingredients for Memere's Macaroni & Cheese: Cracker Barrel Cheese, Elbow Macaroni, Milk, Salt & Pepper.

Wine as a Mild Marinade Part 2

Part 2: Wine as a mild marinade

Wine as a Mild Merinade is yet another of Memere's recipes cut from her favorite local newspaper.

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Wine as a Mild Marinade Part 1

Wine as a Mild Merinade is yet another of Memere's recipes cut from her favorite local newspaper.

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Turtle Cheesecake

Turtle Cheesecake from an unknown source...
Ingredients: Chocolater Wafer Crumbs, Sugar, Butter, Cream Cheese, Eggs, Sour Cream, Vanilla, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, SMucker's Caramel Topping & Chopped Pecans.

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Lucarelli's Pignoli Cookies

This is another clipping from Memere's favorite newspaper! Memere must have thought these were special, she took the time to staple the picture to the recipe. :-)
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Ingredients for Lucarelli's Pignoli Cookies: Almond Paste, Sugar, Egg Whites, Orange Extract & Pignoli (pine) nuts.

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Pork Pie Tourtiere PDF

Below is a helpful PRINTER-READY version of Memere's Pork Pie recipe. :-)
This document will print a 3" x 5" recipe card.

Memere's Pork Pie - Tourtiere Recipe.
Just right mouse click on the highlighted words above & choose how you would like to open the link.
If you do not have a PDF reader you will need to get one to open this file.
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French Pork Pie Tourtiere Filling

This is the second side to the recipe card for Pork Pie.
Tomorrow's post will be a PDF version of both the Pie Crust & Filling.


Ingredients for Pork Pie - Tourtiere Filling: Ground Pork Butt, Salt, Pepper, Water, Thyme, Cloves, Cinnamon, Onions, & Potatoes.

Egg Pastry Pie Crust for Pork Pie

Memere's most memorable holiday & winter recipes were her Turkey Stuffing, Pork Pies & Gorton. Here is her OUTSTANDING flakey pie crust recipe. Using her ingredients use standard pie crust methods to produce the perfect crust for her Tourtiere.


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Ingredients for Egg Pastry Pie Crust: Shortening, Flour, Salt, Egg & Milk or Water.

Memere's Potato & Pork Stuffing (2)

Here is a helpful PRINTER-READY version of Memere's Stuffing recipe. :-)
This document will print a 3" x 5" recipe card.

Memere's Famous French Potato & Pork Stuffing
Just right mouse click on the highlighted words above & choose how you would like to open the link. Once the recipe is printed just cut it out & fold it in half.
This is a Gluten-Free recipe so it is safe for those with Ciliac Disease.
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Memere's Potato & Pork Stuffing

Memere's Famous French - Potato & Pork Turkey Stuffing

As children, on Thanksgiving, we could not wait for the STUFFING!!! This is the meat & Potato Stuffing that graced our table. Any stuffing that would not fit inside the turkey was served in bowls as a light lunch while we waited for the main course.

Enjoy All!

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Ingredients for Memere's Potato & Pork stuffing: Ground Pork, Potatoes, Onion & Celery.

OH! I almost forgot... This is a Gluten-Free recipe so is safe for those with Ciliac Disease.

Christmas Sugar Cookies

This sugar cookie recipe was clipped from Memere's local newspaper. The Sugar cookies were featured almost yearly on Memere's cookie & candy tray list. Check out the link to the SunSentinel for more great recipe ideas!

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Ingredients for the Christmas Sugar Cookies recipe: Butter, Sugar, Egg, Heavy Cream, Vanilla, Flour, Baking Powder, Salt, Confectioners Sugar & Food Coloring.

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White Fudge

White Fudge Ingredients: Sugar, Flour, Cream of Tatar, Salt, Evaporated Milk, Vanilla, Butter, Nuts & One Jar Fluff.

Peanut Butter & Chocolate Truffle Cookies

Peanut Butter & Chocolate Truffle Cookies Ingredients: Peanut Butter Morsels, Semi Sweet Chocolate Morsels, Confectioner's Sugar, Finely Chopped Peanuts, Flour, Butter & Vanilla

Triple Layer Chocolate Mint Brownies

Who could resist these Triple Layer Chocolate Mint Brownies? There are three yummy layers all in one bite! The base is a rich chocolate brownie, followed be a minty frosting & topped with a thin layer of chocolate. These are definitely Memere approved.




Ingredients for Triple Layer Chocolate Mint Brownies: Eggs, Sugar, Flour, Cocoa, Butter, Vanilla, Peppermint, Unsweetened Chocolate, Milk & Green Food Coloring.

Sour Dough Bread

This recipe was definitely listed under Company's Coming. Even though Memere could not eat bread containing gluten, she still enjoyed making this old fashion Sour Dough Bread

Sour Dough Bread Ingredients: Flour, Sugar, Salt, Yeast, Milk, Margarine & Starter.

Tea-Time Tassies

Ingredients for Tea-Time Tassies: Cream Cheese, Margarine, Flour, Egg, Brown Sugar, Butter, Vanilla, Salt & Pecans.



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