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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Creamy Thin Chocolate Sauce

My husband promised his workers an ice cream social for completing a task. Well, the completed the test, so I prepared an ice cream...

May 27, 20231 min read

Fabulous Pork Dish

The marinade in this recipe is unique. The soy sauce and honey blend together well and give it a sweeter flavor. It is not overly sweet...

May 26, 20232 min read

Thin Fudge Brownies

We host a bible study in our house every Monday evening. This means I always need a dessert to serve. It makes people happy. This week I...

May 25, 20231 min read

Fragrant and Flavorful

I did not hold out a lot of hope for the apple portion of this bread. I was not confident that there would be a lot of apple flavor with...

May 24, 20231 min read

My First Duck

I absolutely love duck. I order it whenever I see it on the menu when we are out to eat. Oddly, I have never cooked duck before. Whenever...

May 23, 20231 min read

It Tastes Like Wheat

I love pancakes. They are really one of my favorite foods. I think I could happily eat them every day. But not these pancakes. They are...

May 22, 20231 min read

Breakfast Meat

So this is the recipe you make when you want corned beef hash, but you want to make it more complicated. I got the corned beef in the...

May 21, 20231 min read

Is It Really A Cake

When I saw the recipe for a layer cake, I had a vision in my mind of a traditional layer cake. This was not that. So I guess it is...

May 20, 20232 min read

Not The Best

My daughter loves meat loaf. I grew up with a mother who made meat loaf equal to bricks. So, I don’t always love it. But, I am always...

May 19, 20231 min read

Banana Cookies

I had some bananas that were turning. I didn’t want to make banana bread, so I searched my recipe database and found this recipe. It was...

May 18, 20231 min read

Frozen Treat

My daughter picked this weeks recipes. She absolutely loves ice cream, and she is particularly fond of ice cream cake. So, of course, she...

May 17, 20231 min read

Pressure Cooked Roast

This was a first for me. I have never made a pot roast in a pressure cooker! Honestly, I use my pressure cooker mostly for canning. I can...

May 16, 20232 min read

Basic Side Dish

There really isn’t a whole lot to do with this recipe. French green beans refers to the way the beans are cut. They are almost a...

May 15, 20231 min read

Delicious Outdoor Cooking

I am not much of a grill person. Honestly, it just seems like a lot of work to get everything going. And then, how can you finish off the...

May 14, 20231 min read

Tart Sauce Or Marinade

This is a very simple recipe. I used the sauce to make the Charcoal Broiled Chicken. The sauce imparts a ton of flavor in the marinade...

May 13, 20231 min read

Simple Frosting

This is indeed a very basic frosting. It tastes a bit of the frosting on top of cinnamon rolls. The butter gives the frosting a nice...

May 12, 20231 min read

I Made A Mess With This One

I will start by saying that this cake tastes amazing. There is a ton of lemon flavor in the jelly and the cake itself. The cake layers...

May 11, 20232 min read

Tasty Little Snack

We opted to serve these asa dinner, but I really think they would be a great after school snack as well! It is definitely a unique way to...

May 10, 20231 min read

Rich and Delicious

I love a chicken pot pie. This is almost that! The biggest difference with this recipe and a traditional chicken pot pie is that there...

May 9, 20231 min read

Easy To Make Pie Crust

I never used to make my own pie crust. I always bought it pre-made. For some reason it seemed complicated or time consuming to me, so I...

May 8, 20231 min read