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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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Pork Studded Roast

I always enjoy finding a new way to make a pot roast. It amazes me that there are so many recipes for such a simple dish. What sets this...

Nov 3, 20232 min read

Soft Cookies

My husband loves molasses cookies. We have been married for nearly twenty years and I just learned this about three weeks ago. I have...

Nov 2, 20231 min read

Interesting Citrus Meatball

I found this to be an interesting recipe. I do not think I have ever added lemon rind to a meatball before. What an interesting flavor...

Nov 1, 20232 min read

Cake Like Brownies

My mother went through a faze when I was growing up. Everything had to be healthy. Even the baked goods. She couldn’t cook to save her...

Oct 31, 20231 min read

Light Sour Taste

This is the bread I made from my sourdough starter. It is a very simple bread recipe. And it doesn’t take a huge amount of time for...

Oct 30, 20232 min read

Definitely Not Cheese Cake

I had completely different expectations for this cake because of the title. I am not really sure why it is called a cheese cake. It...

Oct 29, 20232 min read

Fermented Yeast

I know that during the pandemic a lot of people started baking. Mostly sourdough bread for some reason. I did not jump on this trend. I...

Oct 28, 20232 min read

Comfort Food

There is nothing better on a cold day than a bowl of chicken soup! Well, maybe things are better, but it certainly doesn’t hurt! This is...

Oct 27, 20231 min read

Pull Apart Biscuits

Sometimes on the weekends I enjoy making a nice hot breakfast. We are all big fans of sausage gravy and biscuits. This recipe seemed like...

Oct 26, 20232 min read

Endless Possiblities

I am not a huge fan of jam and jelly. At least not when in a sandwich or the like. And never a jelly doughnut! So I was a little leery...

Oct 25, 20232 min read

Enough For A Crown

Okay, so basically this is an old fashioned sloppy Joe recipe. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But I wouldn’t call them...

Oct 24, 20231 min read

Fabulous Onions

I have attempted to make onion rings in the past with varied results. This is the first time I have done a presoak with the onions. I...

Oct 23, 20231 min read

Delicious Soup

I am a big fan of soup on a chili day. Soup can fill you with warmth and make the day seem not so cold. We had just such a day where I...

Oct 22, 20231 min read

Showstopper Coffee Cake

What a wonderful coffee cake! It has amazing flavor and is absolutely worth the time it takes to make! The cake starts off with a pretty...

Oct 21, 20232 min read

Fancy Bread

What a lovely roll! They look very pretty and they taste great. I was a little unimpressed with the rise of the bread. It was a cold day,...

Oct 20, 20232 min read

Simple Pasta

My husband, when asked what he wants for dinner, often says something light, like pasta. I’m sorry, but pasta isn’t a light meal! This is...

Oct 19, 20231 min read

They Do Taste Like Biscuits

There are so many different ways to make dumplings! A lot of it depends on where in the country you are from. Some dumplings are flat and...

Oct 18, 20231 min read

My Daughter's Favorite

I can’t remember how it came to be, but my daughter absolutely loves Chicken and Dumplings. We do have a favorite way of making the dish....

Oct 17, 20231 min read

Not Great

I thought this would be an interesting recipe to serve as a side dish. But it didn’t really work. I did everything as described in the...

Oct 16, 20231 min read

Not What I Expected

My daughter picked this recipe. Honestly we thought it would either be awful or maybe just okay. Boy were we wrong! The combination of...

Oct 15, 20232 min read