cafemama's old recipe list
Sauces, Dips, Dressings
- Balsamic Mayonnaise for salad dressing or dipping
- Bechamel sauce with a cheese sauce variation - also known as "white sauce"
- Blue Cheese Dip & Dressing
- French Onion Dip so much better, richer, more perfect than the one in the store
Salads, casseroles, and picnic fare
- Farmers' Market Potato Salad - it's the best thing I've ever done with Walla Walla sweets
Snacks
- Peanut Butter Balls - simple, protein-packed balls of energy
Soups and other things in pots
- Creamy Tomato Soup - way better than Campbell's and almost as easy - the only thing to eat with grilled cheese
- Green Ginger Carrot Soup - acts rich and sinful, but is packed with vitamins under that velvety surface
Hearty entrees
- Our favorite quiche with spinach, mushrooms and prosciutto
- Coney Island Chili to serve with hot dogs; this is the real thing!
- Ground Beef Lasagne the middle-America version, simple, hearty, good for a crowd
- (I don't need no stinkin') Hamburger "helper" my husband's and all the in-law's fave
- Simple Roast Chicken inspired by a French bistro recipe
- Beef Roast braised in wine slow cooking, simple, out of this world
Carbs
- Biscuits easy and so much better than Bisquick
- Gougeres a.k.a. Cheese Puffs actually lower in fat than bisquits, quick and easy, impressive and good for appetizers or little sandwiches
Cookies
- The "perfect" chocolate chip cookie
- Cocoa peanut butter mounds (aka "chocolate heaps")
- Snickerdoodles - a bit more caramel than the classic recipe
- No-cook cocoa butter oatmeal cookies quick, yum
Cakes and other delicious baked goods
- Gateau Chocolat the very most perfect, rich, dark French chocolate torte
- Buttery Pie Crust a variation on a classic from my mom's friend, Virginia Booze
- One Dozen Perfect Chocolate Cupcakes easy, moist, double or triple the recipe for a party
- Magnolia Bakery Cupcakes made easy a simplified version of my favorite cupcake in the world
- Simple Sugar Buttercream Frosting the basic I grew up with, and the traditional topping for the Magnolia cupcakes
- Sugarless Berry Crisp buttery yumminess for those who love dessert but can't (or don't want to) eat sugar
Herbal Remedies - for external use
- St. John's wort infused oil for bumps, bruises, strained muscles, sunburn, and other skin and tissue ailments
