Grandchildren – Frugal New England Kitchen

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Make Ahead Christmas Favorite Dish | Easy Potato and Cheese Polish Pierogi Filling

2011/11/30 By Moomettes (Admin) 2 Comments

Pierogi are a traditional Polish Christmas dish, especially on Christmas Eve. They’re also known as croquettes or Polish dumplings. I learned to make pirogi from my mom and my aunts, and have passed the cooking skill and holiday tradition down to my youngest daughter.

Filed Under: Adult Children, Appetizers, Breakfast and Brunch, Casserole, Entertaining, Ethnic, Family, Fruit, Grandchildren, Granddaughter, Grandmom, Grandparents, Holiday, Meals, Newsworthy, Pasta and Rice, Pot Luck, Recipes Tagged With: Andrulis, casserole, cheese blintz, Christmas, Connecticut, cottage cheese, croquettes, easy, Ethnic, ethnic recipes, farmer's cheese, fruit filling, holiday, how to make homemade dough, New Britain, pasta, perogies, pierogi, pierogi dough, pierogi recipes, pierogies, Polish, Polish Christmas dish, Polish dumplings, prunes, recipies for pierogies

Enjoy Your Favorites – Classic Macaroni and Cheese Casserole Baked In a Water Bath

2011/11/22 By Moomettes (Admin) 1 Comment

Classic Macaroni Cheese Bake Buffet Casserole

Our good friend Jean shared her fabulous favorite homemade classic Macaroni and Cheese Bake Casserole recipe with me that she serves at her annual buffet during the Christmas holiday season. It’s one of the best mac & cheese recipes to serve at a buffet, because it can be cut into squares.

Filed Under: Breakfast and Brunch, Entertaining, Family, Grandchildren, Holiday, Newsworthy, Pasta and Rice, Pot Luck, Recipes Tagged With: baked macaroni and cheese, brunch, buffet entertaining, Cabot, Cabot Cheddar cheese, classic, easy meals, ham, homemade, mac and cheese, old fashioned, recipe, sharp cheddar cheese, tuna fish, Vermont, Vermont Cheddar, water bath

Our Generation Didn’t Have The Green Thing In It’s Day – Andy Rooney Would Have Been Proud

2011/11/09 By Moomettes (Admin) 1 Comment

Being the Yankee Curmudgeon Baby Boomer Grandmom that I am, I’m sharing these words of wisdom about the generation gap, environment and Going Green with you now!

Filed Under: Adult Children, Family, Grandchildren, Grandparents, Health, House and Home, Humor, Newsworthy, Words of Wisdom Tagged With: Andy Rooney, cloth diapers, Earth Day, environment, frugal, generation, generation gap, Go Green, humor, recycle, solar power, the green thing, wind power

Tips for Growing a Family Vegetable Garden

2011/07/13 By Moomettes (Admin) 5 Comments

It seems that kids spend most of their time indoors playing video games or watching television these days. Want a way to get your kids off of the couch and save some money at the same time? Start a family vegetable garden.