Favorite Family Recipes (2024)

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Doris and Virginia's Swedish Meatballs

Ginny's Famous Tamale Pie
Ally's No Knead Peasant Bread

Maggie's Blueberry Muffins

Sandy's Banana Bread
Holly's Green Chili Enchiladas

Mike's Swedish Meatballs Recipe
Alyssa's Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Chase Chase Cookies
Alyssa's Easy Chicken Pot Pies
Claudia's Super Easy Peppermint Bark
Nathan's Coconut Rolls (Pani Popo)
GM Ginny's Pulled Pork Sandwiches

GG Merna's Sweet Mustard Sauce

Troy's Hot Lemon Tea

GG Merna's Crock-pot Chicken Divan

Holly's Homemade Flan

Troy's Easy Vanilla Ice Cream

Alyssa's Easy Chocolate Ice Cream

Troy's Amazingly Easy Guacamole

Holly's Oatmeal Cookies

Troy & Nathan's Coconut Curry Chicken

Alyssa's No Baked Cookies

Grandma Alice's Peanut Brittle

Holly's Easy Bunny Bread

Holly's Yummy Granola

Cub Scout Cookbook Recipes:

Michael's favorite Peanut Butter Balls

Nathan's No BakeCookies

Matthew's Chocolate Cookies

Alyssa's Rice Crispy Crunchies

Hollys Flan - Mexican Custard

Troy's Pasta Salad

Alice Martin Cookbook Recipes:

Stone Fence Applesauce Cake &

Soft Orange Cookies

Green Chili Burros &

Mexican Spoon Bread

Doris and Virginia's Swedish Meatballs

Every Christmas Eve before going to our traditional

Martin Family Christmas party we would go over to

my Grandma Doris'house for a Swedish smorgasbord dinner.

She always made Swedish meatballs.

The dinner included kipper snacks, various meats

and cheese, and Swedish cookies.

She always decorated it as fancy as she could

using items that she bought at the

Scandinavian Store in Scottsdale's 5th Avenue shops.

These dinners left an impression on me.

I loved this tradition and I hope that

I can continue it in my family.

Ginny's Famous Tamale Pie

Ally's No Knead Peasant Bread

Maggie's Blueberry Muffins

The No-Knead Peasant Bread and the Blueberry Muffin Recipe come

Sandy's Banana Bread

Holly's Green Chili Enchiladas

When I was a kid my family went to

Albuquerque, NM to visit my Grandma Doris.

While we were there she made us this recipe.

It became a favorite of mine.

It still is one of my favorite recipes.

Mike's Swedish Meatballs

Alyssa's Loaded Baked Potato Soup

This recipe actually came from my

good friend Barbara.

Alyssa loved it so much that it

is her favorite recipe.

She's tweaked it a little,

so we feel comfortable saying that it is hers.

Here's how Alyssa makes hers:

Chase Chase Cookies

During COVID Disney shared

some of their recipes from the Disney Parks.

This Jack Jack Num Num Cookie Recipe quickly

became one of Nathan'sfamily's favorite recipes.

Our cute little Chase loves them the most!

Alyssa's Easy Mini Chicken Pot Pies

This recipe is not Alyssa'srecipe.

It is named for her because she loves pot pie so much.

It can be really expensive in restaurants

so I came up with this one.

The reason that I made them mini is because

I only felt comfortable placing the ramekin

in the oven to cook the crust.

After trying it, I loved the smaller size.

It's easy to serve with a salad or sandwich,

plus the kids can make their own.

Claudia's Super Easy Peppermint Bark

One year at a family Christmas party

we ran out of peppermint bark.

My sister-in-law, Claudia, had a recipe for peppermint bark

using the Nestlé's Chocolate Chips.

We were in a hurry,

so we just threw them on a cookie sheet, popped them in the oven,then sprinkled

the crushed candy canes on top.

They were fast, easy and really yummy to eat.

1. Spread out the peppermint chocolate chips on a foil lined cookie sheet. You will use about 2 bags of chips for a half sized cookie sheet, or 4 bags for a full sized cookie sheet.

2. Pop the pan into a 175 deg. oven. Keep on eye on it, they will melt in just a few minutes. Take them out when they start to melt.

3. While the chips are melting, crush about5 candy canes in a freezer zip-loc bag. If you are doing a full sized cookie sheet you should crush about 10 candy canes.

4. When the chips start to melt, pull them out and lightly spread them with a rubber spatula until they are even.

5. Quickly spread the crushed candy canes over the top of the melted chips. You can carefully push in some of the bigger pieces with the rubber spatula.

6. When the peppermint bark is completely cooled, break it into pieces. If you are in a hurry, place it into the fridge or freezer.

Nathan's Coconut Rolls (Pani Popo)

My son, Nathan, served his

mission in Sydney, Australia.

While he was there a Samoan

family showed him how to make easy

coconut rolls,

or Pani Popo.

When hecame home he made them for us,

and they have been a

family favorite every since.

They are so easy to make:

GM Ginny's Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Whenever we have leftover ham we like to

make these yummy pulled pork sandwiches.

They are so easy that I even hesitate to call it a recipe.

It isa family favorite thatmy mom used to make.

Here's how:

1. Cut off the fat from your ham.

2. Place the meat in the crock-pot.

3. Cook on low for several hours. The ham has enough fat and salt that you don't need to add anything with it.

4. When you are ready to eat use your fork to break the meat apart.The meat will just fall apart.

5. Add your family's favoriteBBQ sauce. Place on a bun, or it also tastes great in a salad!

GG Merna'sSweet Mustard Sauce

Our family can't eat ham without making

GG Merna'sSweet Mustard Sauce.

It is so easy to make, and so yummy to eat.

I bought dry mustard for years, then once I tried bottled,

I quit using the dry.

It is just easier because we always have some on hand.

I also have tried Dijon and yellow.

Both were good.

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!

See below:

Troy's Hot Lemon Tea

When someone from our family gets a cold,

It really does help us feel better!

See how to freeze lemons into lemon ice cubes: http://hollyshome-hollyshome.blogspot.com/2012/04/when-life-gives-you-too-many-lemons.html

GG Merna's Crock-pot Chicken Divan

GG Merna loved to haveall the family over for Sunday dinner.

We will always remember a well set table and lots of food.

One of her favorite dishes was Chicken Divan.

She made hers in the oven, but we have

adapted it for the crock-pot. It turned out great!

Here it is:

Holly's Homemade Flan

The first time I ever had flan was at my

wedding shower over 30 years ago.

Being the custard lover that I am I fell in love with it.

I found a recipe in Sunset magazine andstarted to makeit myself.

Since then I have enquired at a few of my favorite

restaurants on how they made their flan.

As a result I added the sweetened condensed milk.

On my husband's request I also caramelize a little

more sugar then the original recipe.

(He loves the caramel sauce on top.)

Here is the result:

Troy's Favorite Easy Vanilla Ice Cream

One of our favorite Sundayactivities is

to make ice cream with Sunday dinner.

I bought a little Cuisinart ice cream maker

at Williams Sonoma years ago.

Luckily it came with an extra freezer container.

For Troy, the more cream and vanilla in the recipe, the better!

Alyssa's Super Easy Chocolate Ice Cream

Our family loves homemade ice cream.

It is sooooo easy and sooooo yummy!

Troy's Amazingly Easy Guacamole

Troy wanted me to add that you should

also use salt and pepper in it.

He likes to add grab meat, or salsa.

We don't like to add lemon because it alters the flavor.

We can deal with it being a little bit brown.

Just eat it up fast,

then you won't have that problem!

It tastes great in salads, or on sandwiches.

I'm drooling as I type!

Holly's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Troy's favorite chocolate chip cookie is one that has oatmeal in it,

but they are really hard to find so I came up with this one.

Troy and Nathan's Coconut Curry Chicken

One of my family's favorite meals is

Coconut Curry Chicken with Mango (optional).

My husband and son just love curry,

and while we were in Australia we ate a lot of it.

When we got back home we could not find it

as easily as we did in Australia,

so I went online to find a recipe.

With a lot of tweaking, we came up with this recipe.

My husband likes more curry,

so sometimes I double the amount.

Now the entire family is hooked.

Grandma Alice's Peanut Brittle

Every Christmas my sweet Grandma Alice made a big batch of

peanut brittle and gave each family a tin full of it.

I can remember her showing me how to make it as a child.

Here is her recipe that I got from my Aunt Betsy.

No Bake Cookies

My kids love to make No Bake Cookies.

They are sooooo easy to make,

and one of dad's favorites.

Here is a copy of my daughter's assignment

from Burkholder Middle School were she taught

the class how to make No Bake Cookies:

Holly's Easy Bunny Bread

My family is so spread out that I don't do it regularly

and I'm getting out of practice.

This is an idea that I did years ago.

It's so much fun to play with frozen bread!

For all of you who love fresh bread,

and love a cute little something extra at the dinner table,

here is a super easy way to make bunny bread

out of frozen uncooked bread.

I first let the dough thaw out.

Before it started to rise,

this is what I did:

1. Thaw out bread.

2. Make 2 ridges for ears.

3. Cut the ridges with clean scissors, leaving the front of the ear attached to the bread.

4. Shape the cuts into ears.

5. Pinch off a piece of the bread at the back for a tail.

6. Shape the piece into a round tail and glue back on with water.

7. Poke holes in the face for eyes. I used a metal skewer.

8. Allow bread to rise.

9. Brush with egg and water just before baking.

Serve and eat. My family loved it.

I took with a group of my walking buddies,

The Walking Mamas.

We all went together to learn how to make freezer meals,

and this is one of the recipes that I took home.

(I know, this recipe has nothing to do with freezer meals!)

I love this recipe because you can adapt it to

whatever you have on hand.

When my children were little our Cub Scout

Packmade a cookbook to sell.

They had the members of our church

donate their favorite recipes.

I donated a recipe in the name of

each member of my family.

Since then this cookbook has been the

go to cookbook for my children.

I am posting the recipes so that they can

find them whenever they might need them.

Michael's Favorite Peanut Butter Balls &

She made them every year for Christmas.)

Nathan's No Bake Cookies

(Very similar if not exactly the same as

Alyssa's No Bake Cookies above.)

Matthew's Chocolate Chip Cookies &

(If there is a quiet afternoon, with not much to do,

this was our family activity.

This is our family's go to chocolate chip recipe.

This is the recipe that we always made when

we wanted chocolate chip cookies.)

Alyssa's Rice Crispy Crunchies

(This is a recipe that we got from our

neighbors, the Robinson Family.

or to give out as a special treat.)

Alice Martin Cookbook Dedication

FriendshipCollection by

Scottsdale 3rd Ward 1980

Stone Fence Applesauce Cake &

Soft Orange Cookies

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