Vintage Eats of Kayleen Reusser
Capturing Delicious Recipes From the Past
My family likes pancakes for a quick breakfast-for-dinner meal. Usually the pancakes are made by grabbing a boxed mix from the shelf. While nothing is wrong with that, I wanted to challenge the tried-and-true processed mix. So, for ideas I pulled out the “Kitchen Chatter II” cookbook published in 1979 by St. Mary’s Catholic Church... Continue Reading →
I love rhubarb. We live in the Midwest where it grows in abundance. At a recent library cooking club meeting at Wells County Public Library, several people said they grew it in their gardens. I'm not one of them. Maybe it's the wrong soil around my house – at least that’s what I tell myself... Continue Reading →
So you want to do something for Mom but don’t have much time. What to bake? Oatmeal Chocolate Chippers has been my go-to recipe for decades. The batch can be assembled in one bowl and baked in less than one hour. It includes items I usually have on my shelf (oatmeal, chocolate chips, etc.). The... Continue Reading →
Lately, I’ve been on a citrus kick. It could be because my mother passed away in January and I’ve been thinking of happy times with her while growing up. I was blessed to be raised in a Christian family and have a loving family that attended church regularly. One particularly older memory I have is... Continue Reading →
Confession: I looked for an actual recipe for Moon Rocks in my vintage cookbooks, but couldn't find any. Not surprising. What I did find was a recipe for Mexican Wedding Rings. Some of you may have made these decades ago when they were wildly popular and wonder about the correlation between Moon Rocks and Mexican... Continue Reading →
My first experience cooking curry turned out great! We loved this recipe! It came from a 1960 ‘Ladies’ Home Journal Cookbook : New and Basic Recipes.’ The cover contains vintage dishes in full color. Even the font looks retro. It was hard to know which recipe to choose from the literally thousands included within the... Continue Reading →
You may think people of the 21st century have been the only ones concerned about eating healthily. Not so. This vintage recipe from 1980 is as fresh and original as one you may find in today’s health/ recipe magazines. It is full of vitamins, fiber, and protein all in one easy-to-make dish that is yummy... Continue Reading →
I know, I know. Another cookie recipe. Really, though, is anyone complaining about too many yummy cookie recipes? I don't think so. It must have been my imagination. This week I’m posting a vintage recipe from 1959 for a cookie made even more special because of whom I served them to -- A very special... Continue Reading →
I confess, this recipe seems a little pretentious. I have never in 40+ years of cooking produced a dish that contains not one, not two, but three meats. First, I never felt a dish deserved that much cost or flavor. Mainly because my family would not have noticed the extra effort or expense. So what’s... Continue Reading →
This recipe is in loving memorial of my mother who passed away last month. We would have celebrated her 95th birthday on February 22. She shared it with our nation’s first president, George Washington, who admittedly was born much earlier in 1732. (See more on that below) As his and Abraham Lincoln’s birthday were both... Continue Reading →
Vintage Eats of Kayleen Reusser 