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Cooking tips and recipes from the lady who taught me how to cook - my Mom. Go back to the good old days of cooking where you make cakes from scratch and actualy spend time "cooking" in the kitchen.

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  • Dad's Grilled Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches

    Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 23:58 in dad, kids recipes, grilled peanut butter and jelly

    I had done a post earlier on my dad's famous grilled cheese sandwiches. He is also known for his grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. You make them pretty much the same way you would a grilled cheese, but obviously you use peanut butter and ...

  • Dad's Pumpkin Seeds

    Posted on Friday October 17th, 2008 at 16:21 in dad, pumpkin seeds

    One of my favorite things about Halloween is carving the pumpkins and making fresh home made pumpkin seeds. This was always my dad's job. My dad was quite an artist so we always had some "cool" looking pumpkins that he carved every year. My favori...

  • A Funny Thing Happened One Day In Karene's Kitchen

    Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 11:13 in dad, macrame, hanging plants

    The below post about the dinner salads and my dad reminded me of a classic event in Karene's Kitchen. In the 70's my mom had the typical row of hanging plants in the goony macrame hangers lined in front of the windows in the kitchen. That was where...

  • Karene's Daily Dinner Salads

    Posted on Tuesday September 30th, 2008 at 21:01 in dad, salad dressing, dinner salad

    We had a salad with dinner every night. Everyone had their own bowl of salad set by their place setting. This was not an ordinary salad, it had EVERYTHING in it. Fresh lettuce, carrots, onion (I picked that out as a kid, but now I like it in my sa...

  • Dad's Famous Grilled Cheese Sandwhiches

    Posted on Friday September 26th, 2008 at 13:17 in dad, grilled cheese

    I talk so much about my mom, cause after all this is Karene's Kitchen, but my dad does lots of stuff in Karene's Kitchen too - like washing the floor! Ha! He's so sweet. Anyway, on Saturdays we always got a special treat. Dad made lunch for us. ...