Grandmom – 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

Goodwill Hunting Fashion Haul Series

2011/06/20 By Moomettes (Admin) Leave a Comment

Everyone’s talking about their Fashion Haul on YouTube from upscale and discount stores lately. I am a closet Goodwill Industries Shopper! Yes, I shop Goodwill and come away with the most frugal hauls and finds that I am going to be sharing with you in my Fashion Series.

Filed Under: Family, Grandmom, Grandparents, House and Home, Newsworthy, Shopping Tagged With: boutique childrens clothes, boutiques, consignment stores, designer clothes, eBay, family budget, fashion, fashion advice, fashion bargains, fashion for women over 40, fashion for women over 50, fashion tips, Goodwill Industries, haul, Kohls, name brand clothes, Power Seller, Sears, senior citizen discount, thrift stores

Empty Nesting – Cooking for You Now That The Kids Are Gone

2011/05/02 By Moomettes (Admin) 1 Comment

Now that the kids are gone and you’ve become an Empty Nester, mealtime seems a little lonely and somewhat boring. It might be just you at the table now, or you and Grandpa, and it takes a little getting used to cooking for two.

Filed Under: Books, Family, Grandmom, Grandpa, Grandparents, Kitchen Tips, Newsworthy, Pot Luck, Recipes, restaurant, Shopping Tagged With: baby boomer, Beverages, big box store, chili, cookbook, Cooking, cooking classes, cooking for 1, cooking for 2, cooking for two, crockpot, dining, dinner club, easy dinner recipes for two, empty nesting, entertaining, fitness, food, food co-op, freezer bags, freezer cooking, freezer storage, grandparents and grandchildren, groceries, Health, leftovers, main dish, mature women, mealtimes, Meat, pot luck, pot luck supper, Potato, Recipes, restaurants, senior centers, small batch cooking, smaller portions, stews, time management

Cruise Night Season: Why Baby Boomers Embrace Classic Cars

2011/04/30 By Moomettes (Admin) 1 Comment

Baby Boomers are realizing that they have some disposable income around now that they’re empty nesters, and classic cars are becoming popular again. Baby Boomers are obviously the top buyers and affectionados of cars that were popular in our youth.