Old Fashioned Recipes

  • Old-fashioned fried cabbage with onions and bacon served as a side dish

    Mom’s Fried Cabbage with Onions and Bacon

    April Lee Wiencek

    An Old-Fashioned Cabbage Recipe Made with Bacon, Onions and Pork Drippings Mom’s Fried Cabbage with Onions and Bacon is an old-fashioned side dish made with thinly sliced cabbage, sweet onions, bacon, caraway seed and, when you have them, savory pork drippings. The cabbage cooks low and slow until it is tender and buttery, with lightly browned onions and smoky pieces of bacon throughout. This is the cabbage my mom has been making for years to serve alongside our pork roast and dumplings, and it is one of those simple family recipes where a handful of basic and most affordable ingredients…

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  • Skillet Round Steak and Gravy

    April Lee Wiencek

    Old-Fashioned Round Steak and Gravy Made in a Skillet This is one of those old-fashioned dinners that doesn’t require anything fancy, but it does require a little bit of time. The Skillet Round Steak is seasoned, lightly floured, and browned in butter before being slowly simmered with onions in a…

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  • Mom’s Award Winning Chili

    April Lee Wiencek

    A Meaty, Old-Fashioned Chili Recipe With a Little Heat and Lots of Flavor My Mom’s Award Winning Chili is a hearty, meaty chili made with ground beef, fire-roasted tomatoes, onions, green peppers, poblano pepper, and plenty of warm chili seasonings. A little cinnamon is the unexpected ingredient that brings everything…

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  • Raspberry Delight Jello

    April Lee Wiencek

    Easy Homemade Jello This Raspberry Delight Jello is the stuff Jello dreams are made of. It has all of the fresh delicious flavors of raspberry jello, vanilla ice cream, raspberry sorbet, and fresh raspberries. It creates a silky and delightful jello that is heavenly to eat. It’s the perfect light…

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  • Mom’s Pork Roast

    April Lee Wiencek

    A Simple Old-Fashioned Pork Roast Made Low And Slow Mom’s Pork Roast is one of those recipes that proves you do not need a long list of ingredients to make really delicious food. My mom has been making this pork roast for as long as I can remember. It is…

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  • Midwestern Taco Salad

    April Lee Wiencek

    The Taco Salad That Shows Up At Every Midwest Party This Midwestern Taco Salad is one of those recipes that might make absolutely no sense until you eat it. Iceberg lettuce. Seasoned ground beef. Shredded cheese. Doritos. And the ingredient that I will argue is VERY important here: Western Dressing.…

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