Welcome to Amanda's Atomic Home

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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Interesting

I will start by saying that I think these would have been better with fresh cooked salmon. Maybe a little leftover salmon. I don’t care...

Sep 4, 20232 min read

Not A Winner

I will start by saying that the ratio of noodles to ham mixture was very off. There were not enough noodles. The ham, pepper and...

Sep 3, 20231 min read

A Fond Memory

I grew up eating chipped beef. My dad called it Shit On A Shingle. I remember my brother and I thought that was funny, so it was always a...

Sep 2, 20232 min read

Tangy Fruit Coffee Cake

I love coffee cake. Well, I love cake. Coffee cake is just an excuse to eat cake for breakfast. The cake itself is fairly simple. It is...

Sep 1, 20231 min read

Too Many Poppy Seeds

To start I will say this is a pretty decent casserole. It takes very little time, so it would be great for a busy weeknight dinner. I...

Aug 31, 20232 min read

Great Fruity Jam

We watch a lot of football in our house. I always try to make a little spread for Sunday afternoons during football season. One of the...

Aug 30, 20231 min read

Beautiful Red Color

It is amazing to be how a purple fruit turns so red while cooking. I swear I did not add food coloring, this is just a natural process. I...

Aug 29, 20231 min read

Make Your Own Tabasco!

I needed to use a lot of peppers and a lot of tomatoes. This recipe was perfect for both! My husband puts hot sauce on almost everything....

Aug 28, 20231 min read

Delicious and Simple

We do homemade pizza a lot in our house. I don’t really need a recipe for it, but this one sounded interesting. First, the dough for the...

Aug 27, 20232 min read

Spicy Jelly

We are growing about 12 different kinds of hot peppers in the garden this year. They all seemed to ripen at the same time. I had a...

Aug 26, 20232 min read

Not Moussaka

I have made moussaka several times in the past. We love Greek food and we always grow eggplant in the garden. Moussaka takes care of both...

Aug 25, 20232 min read

Dainty Cookie

This is an interesting way to make a cookie. The batter is quite flavorful. There is a nice combination of the orange rind and the...

Aug 24, 20231 min read

Cheese Stuffed Goodness

There is something great about spaghetti and meat balls. It is a lovely representation of comfort food. I serve it a lot at home. This is...

Aug 23, 20232 min read

Pork and Nuts

Pork isn’t the first meat I think of when making a curry. So this recipe intrigued me. How would pork taste with curry? And the walnuts....

Aug 22, 20232 min read

Classic For A Reason

As I mentioned yesterday, my daughter has been doing an internship for the summer. Today is the last day and she wanted to bring a treat....

Aug 21, 20232 min read

Ball Cookies

Growing up we made a butter cookie ball called a snowball. It is butter, sugar and pecans. This recipe reminded me of that very much. Of...

Aug 20, 20231 min read

Traditional Sunday Dinner

I opted to cook the roast beef on the stove top. I was baking some other things at the time so any oven was in use. I was surprised how...

Aug 19, 20232 min read

Fabulous Dinner

This recipe produces a fabulous dinner, in a very short amount of time. The coating for the chicken gives the pieces an almost tempura...

Aug 18, 20231 min read

Time Consuming, But Fabulous

I think I have finally mastered the puff pastry. It is some work folding in the butter, but it is worth it! The butter melts during...

Aug 17, 20232 min read

My Butter Cream Broke

This pie sounded interesting. I really wanted it to work. The pie was an award winner in 1953. So it had to be good, right? Well, I think...

Aug 16, 20232 min read