Vintage Eats of Kayleen Reusser
Capturing Delicious Recipes From the Past
The vintage recipe of Chicken Parmesan can be prepared and cooked in an hour. It is tasty with two proteins from the meat and cheese baked on top. Hello from the frozen state of Indiana! We are in Day 6 of not leaving the house due to frigid temps. When I say frigid, I mean... Continue Reading →
If there was one food that appeared at my childhood home’s kitchen table regularly, it was potatoes. Mostly in the baked form, but often with cheese and from a box, such as manufactured by General Foods. After church on Sundays, Mom popped one of these prepared boxed mixes of various flavors of potatoes in the... Continue Reading →
The bounty of fall vegetables continues with yellow squash. I felt lucky to find an easy, delicious, nutritious recipe to use up those stragglers hanging around in my refrigerator. I had not yet featured yellow squash in a recipe so this is a novelty. They taste similar to zucchini with much moisture inside. They cook... Continue Reading →
Happy National Sandwich Day! To celebrate, I’m featuring a recipe printed in many vintage church cookbooks – Gooie Looies. This is a new recipe to me. I never ate it growing up and had never heard of it before scanning my old cookbooks. It is full of what I would call ‘picnic’ ingredients – bologna,... Continue Reading →
One thing I really like about re-creating vintage recipes is knowing exactly what I’m eating. There is no strange ingredient list with items I can't pronounce and have no idea of what they are. Instead, I use common items that are economical and something from my pantry, usually a leftover item I’ve used previously, which... Continue Reading →
(That is how the recipe in the cookbook spells what we spell as 'Lasagna') With a slight break in the hot temperatures (the high is only 84 degrees!), I finally turned on the oven to make a baked pasta dish. It’s been a while for us to have such a filling dish. But school has... Continue Reading →
Sometimes titles of recipes catch my eye. That was true in this case. What is green rice? In reading through this recipe I realized spinach turned the rice green. Don't let the dark green color put you off! Even people who don't think they like spinach will find this a tasty dish. Although I regularly... Continue Reading →
I feel like this post could be called ‘Ode to Macaroni and Cheese.’ That’s because my family loves this dish so much. I grew up eating macaroni and cheese regularly. It was as much a part of our routine as Cheese Toasties (Grilled Cheese to the rest of the world) on Sunday nights and Cherry... Continue Reading →
One of my New Year Resolutions in 2024 was to try new foods. Confession time: I had never eaten cabbage. Never purchased it, never considered it in the diet of my family while they were growing up, never looked for recipes using it. Couldn't stand the smell and look of it after Mom made corned... Continue Reading →
Sometimes the quirky name of a dish catches my eye as I’m examining a vintage cookbook. This ‘Polka-Dot Macaroni & Cheese’ recipe from Good Housekeeping’ (1967) seemed intriguing. What could make a macaroni and cheese casserole look like it had polka-dots? Now I love polka-dots on clothing, textiles and in décor. Still, I couldn't imagine... Continue Reading →
Vintage Eats of Kayleen Reusser 