The
Family Cookbook
by Linda Sikut
Copyright 2002
Do you have special recipes that your family
truly loves? Why not create a family recipe book or recipe card file that you can pass on
to your children when they are ready to cook for themselves?
The format would depend on the software you have and your ability to use it. You could
create pages of recipes in MS Word, Works or any other word processing program, print them
out and put them in a binder that you personalize. It could be as simple as a binder with
a slip in cover that you design or, if you have crafting skills, you could cover the
binder with fabric and add trim. Wouldn’t it be cute to cover the binder with fabric
from your children’s favorite outgrown shirts or dresses?
You could also create recipe cards with a publishing program that you could print, cut and
put in a recipe box. The actual recipe cards could be personalized and the box could be
decorated with your child’s favorite colors. For example, my daughter loves roses so
I made the cards with roses on them and personalized them just for her. You can see a
sample of a personalized recipe card here www.bakingabusiness.com/kris/recipecard.jpg
You can use this same idea to create a very special wedding or shower gift. Prior to the
wedding or shower, contact as many of the guests as possible and ask them to send their
favorite family recipes to you. Ask them to send along a comment about why this recipe is
special and include that with the recipe. Collect them all and put them into a book or
create recipe cards. Personalize it for the bride and you will have a gift that she will
cherish forever.
Here are a few of my family’s favorite recipes:
MAPLE SNACK MIX
5 Tbs. butter or margarine
1/3-cup sugar
2 tsp. Watkins Maple Flavor
8 cups Crispex
1-cup stick pretzels
1-cup peanuts
Melt margarine with sugar and maple flavoring. Pour over Crispex to coat then cook in
microwave 5 minutes on high - stirring occasionally. Add pretzels & nuts & mix
together. Cool spread out on wax paper. This is the key because it will stick if you
don’t do this.
The taste of this one is addicting.
SPAGHETTI PIE
350o 25 mins. total
9” pie pan
6 ounces spaghetti
2 Tbs. butter or margarine
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 well beaten eggs
1 cup cottage cheese (8 oz.)
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1- 8 oz can tomatoes, cut up
1 - 6 oz can tomato paste
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. Watkins Oregano
1/2 tsp. Watkins Garlic Granules
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (2 oz.)
Cook and drain spaghetti. Stir butter or margarine, eggs and parmesan cheese into hot
spaghetti. Spray a 10” pie plate with Pam. Form spaghetti mixture into a crust in
pan. Spread cottage cheese over crust.
Cook ground beef, onion and green pepper until veggies are tender and meat is browned.
Drain excess fat. Stir in undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, oregano & garlic
salt. Heat.
Put meat mixture on top of cottage cheese. Bake uncovered 20 min. Sprinkle mozzarella
cheese on top and bake 5 more minutes or until cheese melts.
Serves 6.
All the neighborhood kids wanted to come for dinner when I made this.
TRADITIONAL PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE
8” square pan
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup milk
2 Tbs. corn syrup
pinch of salt
1/3 cup peanut butter
1/2 tsp. Watkins Vanilla
Blend sugar, milk, corn syrup and salt and bring to a boil until it forms a soft ball.
About 15 min. Add peanut butter and vanilla. Pour into greased pan. Cool. Slice.
My sister & I made this ourselves when we were kids because we loved Peanut Butter
Fudge.
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