Rediscover these comforting recipes for a trip down memory lane.
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Taste of Home
Make Once, Eat Twice Lasagna
Grandma always made her sauce for lasagna from scratch. But you can save time by using a gourmet jarred spaghetti sauce, then adding seasonings (and lots of cheese!) for flavor.
This zesty recipe dresses up the “educated” vegetable with a cheesy sauce, making it one of our favorite tasty (and healthy) makeovers of favorite family recipes.
When it came to making turkey or chicken pot pies, Grandma’s rule was anything goes. Some grandmas topped their pies with dumplings. Others used pastry, as in this recipe. If you sub chicken for another poultry, this pot pie is a great way to use up any leftovers from a holiday turkey.
Southern grandmas will tell you good biscuits should be crusty on the outside and soft and crumbly on the inside. Northern grandmas insist biscuits should be high, light, and flaky, like these.
This elegant party dish has a bite, thanks to Worcestershire sauce and a pinch of cayenne. To make sure your fish rolls look picture-perfect, choose fish fillets that are uniform in size and thickness.
With an impressive platter like this, your guests will never guess how easy it is to throw together. Serve it up during a dinner party and prepare for the compliments.
This roasted lamb, flavored with oregano and lemon, will have all your guests asking for seconds. No need to feel guilty about eating homemade comfort food—especially not these 10 comfort food dishesprofessional chefs cook at home.
In Italy, this dish was made with scampi—tiny relatives of the lobster. Italian immigrants to America adapted the recipe for shrimp. To keep either scampi or shrimp tender, cook them just until they turn opaque.
In the 1950s, an inventive cook created a fluffy mixture by folding beaten egg whites into a creamy pie filling. The result was so light and airy it looked like a pile of chiffon, and so the name for this recipe was coined. This new take on a vintage pie gets that creamy texture with less work by using cream cheese and vanilla pudding.
What would be a trip to Grandma’s without being greeted with freshly made cookies? These thick and chewy cookies will bring you back to your childhood—just like these other classic cookie recipes straight from Grandma’s recipe box.
Easy to throw together, but worth every “mmm” you’ll get, this trifle would make Grandma proud. But, you shouldn’t wait till you’re Grandma-age to learn to cook great recipes—certainly not these35 recipes everyone should know by the time they’re 35.
With an adult supervising, a 10-year old should be able to scramble eggs, stir fry vegetables or flip a pancake on an electric stovetop (you may want to wait longer if you have a gas range). Safety tip: Be sure to teach them to tie back long hair and never wear loose clothing around the stove. Prepare a sandwich.
Did you learn to cook when you were a child? Yes, I did. I used to go to my grandma's every Saturday and we would prepare our meal together. She taught me how to make homemade spaghetti and gnocchi from scratch and I've been cooking those dishes for my family ever since.
Best way to make your grandmother happy is by spending quality time knowing about her, listening to her tell stories. She will definitely love telling you about mythological stories and other folklore as well. Keep asking her questions about her life, how she grew up, what used to make her happy and her hobbies.
The best gifts for Grandma include a blend of sentimentality, utility, and perhaps a touch of luxury. Think handcrafted jewelry, personalized keepsakes, or even a timeless book she can lose herself in. Another gift that Grandma would always love? Something that includes spending time with you.
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Reader's Digest EditorsUpdated: Jun. 07, 2022
