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What's Old is New Again

Old to New - Back to Comfort

When times are tough we tend to fall back on simpler times and comfort food. If you’re searching for grandma’s old casserole recipe and it’s nowhere to be found, have no fear! We have put together some of our classic recipes from over the years to help you out.

Featured Recipes

  • Easy
    Tortilla Bean Bake
  • Easy
    Tuna Macaroni Bake
  • Medium
    Everyday Chocolate Cake
  • Meatless Mondays

    Meatless Mondays were promoted to make sure more meat was available for those fighting in World War 2. Now we have:

    • Medium
      Panko-Topped Mac and Cheese
    • Medium
      Curried Pasta and Cheese
    • Easy
      Smoky Baked Beans
    • Easy
      Tortilla Bean Bake
    • Easy
      Hearty Vegetarian Shepherds Pie
    • Difficult
      Lentil and Barley Patties
    • Easy
      Artichoke and Chickpea Ragout
  • Cocoa vs. Chocolate

    We used cocoa instead of expensive or unavailable chocolate: 

    • Easy
      Chocolate Haystacks
    • Medium
      Chocolate Banana Loaf
    • Medium
      Everyday Chocolate Cake
    • Easy
      Spicy Crackled Chocolate Cookies
  • Stretch Your Proteins

    We made meat go further: 

    • Easy
      Tuna Macaroni Bake
    • Easy
      Slow Cooker Southwestern Beef Stew
    • Easy
      Slow Cooker Beef and Bean Soup
    • Medium
      Beef and Bean Burritos
    • Easy
      Chipotle Chili with Lime Cream
    • Easy
      Stove-Top White Bean Cassoulet
  • Substitutions

    We knew how to make do when ingredients were unavailable: 

    • Easy
      Really Wacky Chocolate Cake

      No eggs - we added spice to wake this cake up!

    • Difficult
      Flapper Pie

      Milk custard in pie shell

    • Easy
      Date Squares

      Dried fruit - we've updated this recipe to have less sugar and salt

    • Easy
      Irish Soda Bread

      No yeast

  • Gardening & Preserving

    We encouraged people to grow their own food (Victory Gardens during World War 2) and still today show how to safely can fruits and vegetables to keep them from spoiling. Local greenhouses are now encouraging people to start indoor and outdoor gardening, just like Victory Gardens.  

    We are constantly updating our canning and preserving knowledge as new information is available.

    • Digital Cookbook
      Grow Gather Graze
    • Preserving
      Freezing Vegetables
    • Preserving
      Freezing Fruit
    • Preserving
      Canning Fruit
    • Preserving
      Pressure Canning Vegetables
    • Preserving
      Preserving Tomatoes