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Welcome! I am Amanda Kennedy, an avid Mid Century Lover! I started this blog to share the recipes I recently discovered at an Estate Sale. I hope you enjoy discovering these recipes as much as I do!

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Meringue Crust

What an interesting and different pie! The filling for the pie is very similar to what you would find in a traditional lemon meringue...

Jan 132 min read

Cooked Pumpkin

I have made probably hundreds of pumpkin pies over the years. They all usually follow the same vein. Same basic spices, same basic...

Jan 101 min read

Not Much Lemon

This was another recipe that I served for my Christmas breakfast. I was really hoping for a strong lemon flavor. Or a strong pumpkin...

Jan 92 min read

The Perfect Fruit Dip

I used this recipe for my Fruit Salad Supreme I talked about yesterday. The recipe makes a lot of dip. Way more than I used to fill my...

Jan 81 min read

Fancy Fruit Salad

Every year for Christmas I do a big spread for breakfast. I like to have a variety of sweet and savory options. And always some kind of...

Jan 71 min read

Special Beans

Growing up we didn’t eat a lot of vegetables. We mostly had canned peas, canned corn, or canned green beans. As an adult, I must say I...

Jan 61 min read

Creamy and Delicious

I used this recipe to ice my Cinnamon Rolls I spoke of yesterday. I know cinnamon rolls usually have a very simple and basic...

Jan 31 min read

Fabulous Rolls

I read a lot. Usually two or three books a week. Mostly detective or murder mysteries. I have been reading a book series lately where the...

Jan 22 min read

Delicious Fruit Bread

I was making something breakfast like for my husband to take into his office for the holidays. I had already made scones, which tend to...

Jan 12 min read

Quite Unexceptional

If you don’t mind the flavor of canned stuff, you will like this dish. I think that was my biggest issue with this recipe. There was...

Dec 27, 20241 min read

Flavorful Noodles

I really don’t know why people don’t make their own pasta all the time. It really isn’t that hard. And it tastes so much better than...

Dec 26, 20241 min read

Fancy And Impressive

I have always wanted to make one of these. I just never seemed to have the time or the reason to make one. Now that I have made my first,...

Dec 25, 20244 min read

A Little Bland

I do love a good coffee cake. I love cake in general, so the idea of a breakfast cake makes me smile. I don’t always make a yeast based...

Dec 24, 20242 min read

Custard Sauce

I see a lot of recipes for hard sauce. I don’t think this is something one sees all that often any more. At least I didn’t think so. But...

Dec 23, 20241 min read

Strange Apple Crisp

I have seen a lot of “Betty” recipes as I have gone through the recipe cards and cookbooks from the mid century. I wasn’t quite sure what...

Dec 19, 20241 min read

Meat and Vegetables

Round steak can be a tough meat. It is great for roasts though. Low and slow cooking is definitely the right way to handle a round steak....

Dec 17, 20242 min read

Cheesy Tuna

That’s right, I said cheesy tuna. Mid Century cooks seemed to add cheese to fish all the time. This seems like a strange thing to me. I...

Dec 13, 20241 min read

Tangy Eggplant

We seem to eat a lot of eggplant in our house. We grow it in the garden, so I guess that makes sense. When I was planning my menu for my...

Dec 12, 20242 min read

Lamb Roullettes

I am a big fan of lamb. I always have been. I know some people don’t care for it. I think because if you don’t cook it right it can be a...

Dec 11, 20242 min read

Potato Dumplings

I wanted a challenge. I make pasta all the time. I very rarely buy store bought pasta anymore. But I have never made gnocchi. I thought...

Dec 10, 20242 min read