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Menu du jour childhood favorite : 19 Recipes


  • Recipe A Childhood Favorite:Chilli Chicken
    A Childhood Favorite:Chilli Chicken
    What did your mom cook for you at times when you used to tell her ” Mom,You dont love me anymore?”and lock yourself in a room and start counting all the occasions when you were refused an ice cream, a Barbie doll, crayons or a dress![...]
  • Recipe Recreation of a Childhood Favorite...
    Recreation of a Childhood Favorite...
    One of the biggest thrills I get from food blogging is the rediscovery of long-forgotten childhood favorites...I am sure a lot of us have these memories of foods tasted long ago, which we cherish for many years, either because of the unique[...]
  • Recipe Childhood Favorite All Grown Up
    Childhood Favorite All Grown Up
    I could not find a picture of the ham and raisin tv dinner to save my soul..... Talk about something conjuring up a memory. I was surfing the internet and I happened to see this recipe for raisin sauce and I immediately thought; "Swanson's Ham[...]
  • Recipe Empanadas: A Twist on a Childhood Favorite
    Empanadas: A Twist on a Childhood Favorite
    Woz is no stranger to empanadas. Growing up she adored these treats, mainly during the winter holiday season, as she loved the fruity goodness with which they were filled. By far her favorite is her Grams’ pumpkin empanadas but she was[...]
  • Recipe A Childhood Favorite ? Chinese Coconut Buns
    A Childhood Favorite ? Chinese Coconut Buns
    Usually on the weekends when we have extra time, we like to make desserts – so one weekend, I asked Daniel what he felt like making and the little boy in him said he wanted to make Chinese Coconut Buns. I was like[...]
  • Recipe Ode to a Childhood Favorite: Fudge Rounds
    Ode to a Childhood Favorite: Fudge Rounds
    As a child we weren't allowed sugary cereals in the morning, my mom packed us a well balanced lunch, we always had a glass of milk with dinner and we had to eat at least half of the vegetables we had on our plate- even if that meant plugging[...]
  • Recipe a childhood favorite: besitos de coco (coconut kisses)
    a childhood favorite: besitos de coco (coconut kisses)
    Since I was a child I have loved the adorable name of this dessert... and the taste! There is something about the sweetened coconut that I adore; actually come to think of it, I love coconut period.  It's the island girl in me ;-) [...]
  • Recipe Chicken Corn Chowder...my childhood favorite- revamped!
    Chicken Corn Chowder...my childhood favorite- revamped!
    I have this almost unexplainable excitement over certain foods.  Foods that remind me of that remind me of something I loved so much as a child.  I mean, I guess it's not unexplainable ...everybody gets those flashes of nostalgia,[...]
  • Recipe Chwee Kueh and one of my favorite childhood games
    Chwee Kueh and one of my favorite childhood games
    In Cantonese, we call this ?Voon chye go? and this is something that reminds me of my Mum?s good friend in Ipoh.  I called her ?Ah Tai? (means the eldest).  According to my Mum, she got this nickname because she spoke with a very loud[...]
  • Recipe Lemon Curd Custard Ice Cream - A childhood favorite success story
    Lemon Curd Custard Ice Cream - A childhood favorite success story
    When I was in Middle School (long, long ago...) my mother owned a German Delicatessen. She leased her storefront space from a sweet Italian man who decided to close his ice cream shop.  He kept the back part of the rental space, where he[...]