MICHIGAN COTTAGE COOK

MICHIGAN COTTAGE COOK
SUMMER AT THE BEACH

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

MY MOM'S MACARONI (ACTUALLY SPAGHETTI) AND CHEESE. I CAN"T HUG MY MOM, BUT USING HER RECIPES GIVES ME A HUG.

http://michigancottagecook.blogspot.com/2010/03/moms-macaroni-and-cheese.html


This is my Mom's version of Macaroni and Cheese.  I have never found a recipe quite like it.  Instead of macaroni, it is made with thin spaghetti.  There is no sauce to make.  The ingredients are just layered into a casserole and some warm milk is added.  The Spaghetti and Cheese comes out of the oven looking like a puffed souffle.  This is one of the first recipe I posted on this blog.

Do you ever have those days, weeks, years, when you feel like a punching bag?  When the saying, "God doesn't give us anything we can't handle" and you say, "God, I think you have me confused with someone else."  That is how I have felt lately.  I need my Mommy.

I am old enough to have a Grandson who is getting married, and my Mom left this life over twenty years ago, but I need a hug.  I still miss both my Mom and Dad.  To be hugged, have my hair stroked, and be told it will all be alright was such a comfort growing up.  No matter what happened to me, I knew they loved me.  

Now I use their recipes to celebrate their lives and to remember what fantastic, loving, generous people they were, and even with their own problems to deal with, what wonderful parents they were.  I hope you enjoy my Mom's unique Spaghetti and Cheese.  Just thinking about it gives me a hug. 

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

THE VERY BEST LEMON BARS MADE BETTER WITH MEYER LEMONS


MEYER LEMONS


I am on a lemon kick because I am so excited to be able to purchase Meyer Lemons in a supermarket in Michigan.  It use to be you could only get Meyer Lemons if you grew them yourself or had a friend with a tree in their yard that you could beg them for a lemon or two.

Meyer Lemons are from China and are a cross between a Mandarin Orange and a lemon.  The flavor and perfume are heavenly.



NELDA'S BEST LEMON BARS
 
http://michigancottagecook.blogspot.com/2011/01/neldas-best-lemon-squares-for-either.html



CELESTIAL VARIATIONS FOR THE BEST LEMON BAR RECIPE


NELDA'S BEST LEMON BAR WITH A COATING OF APRICOT GLAZE ON TOP OF THE TOP LAYER


Other variations in this posting are baking fresh red raspberries or blueberries in the lemon filling.  Yummy and pretty.

http://michigancottagecook.blogspot.com/2011/12/celestial-lemon-bars-made-even-more.html


Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!!