Our family’s ultimate side dish, a baked mac & cheese casserole, insanely simple but insanely satisfying, too. My Grandmama Wylie taught the recipe to Mama when she and Daddy got married back in 1963, and Mama taught it to me when I was about eight years old. My sister, Sarah, has made refinements, and IContinue reading “Macaroni Pie”
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Insane Potato Casserole
I haven’t posted a recipe in a while, and we ate the hound out of this Halloween night, so I thought I’d share it. I adapted it from a recipe I found on Pinterest for “Crack Potatoes,” but my niece said that just does not sound appetizing, and I suppose she has a point. WhateverContinue reading “Insane Potato Casserole”
The Chocolatest Cake I Ever Baked
UPDATE: For those who asked for a picture, I made another one of these over the holiday weekend as a birthday cake for my bestie and my niece. I also made two batches of the frosting. I put Batch #1 between the layers, then refrigerated the cake while I made Batch #2, then frostedContinue reading “The Chocolatest Cake I Ever Baked”
Beef Stroganoff
I usually make beef stroganoff in the slow cooker; there’s an excellent recipe on the back of the box of Lipton’s beefy onion soup mix. But last night I really wanted this dish, and it was already after six. So I did some research and came up with this quicker version. And honestly, I thinkContinue reading “Beef Stroganoff”
Katie’s Extra Cheesy Macaroni & Cheese
My niece, Katie, is an afficianada of macaroni and cheese – Ernest Hemingway didn’t know gin cocktails the way Katie knows pasta and cheddar. This is the stupidly simple recipe that earned me the coveted “Aunt Lucy makes the BEST mac & cheese!” award for excellence. The sauce also tastes really yumtastic on steamed broccoli. Ingredients: 2Continue reading “Katie’s Extra Cheesy Macaroni & Cheese”
Lucy Blue Writes 