Family Recipes

Browse family-friendly content covering recipes from my own family- My Grandparents were first generation Americans who's parents came over from Italy and Germany respectively.

A wooden spoon in a pan of hamburger stew.

Hamburger Stew Recipe

A wooden spoon holding a scoop of Mexican bean salad.

Mexican Bean Salad

An overhead image of peach cobbler in a pan.

Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler Recipe

2 cups of bourbon slush with black cherries in them.

Bourbon Slush Recipe

An overhead image of couscous tabouli.

Couscous Tabouli Salad

A plate with herb grilled pork chops stacked on it.

Herb Grilled Boneless Pork Chops Recipe

An overhead image of German potato salad on a bowl with potatoes and a blue towel next to it.

Hot German Potato Salad

A bowl of crab mac salad on top of a second bowl with celery and an onion behind it.

Crab Pasta Salad Recipe

A white bowl of red cabbage salad with a large glass bowl of it and a chunk of red onion in the background.

Red Cabbage Salad Recipe

A close up of a pieces of fish in a pan of caper sauce with a lemon round on top of it.

Fish in Lemon Caper Sauce

An overhead image of green bean salad in a wooden bowl.

Green Bean Salad Recipe

An overhead image of a bowl of zucchini soup with onions and a tea towel next to it.

Zucchini Soup

A spoon lifting up a scoop of eggplant parm bake with melt cheese trailing behind it.

Eggplant Parm Bake

A plate of dandelion greens with bread.

Dandelion Greens Recipe

An overhead image of a bowl of minestrone soup.

Traditional Minestrone Soup Recipe

An overhead image of a bowl of green peas and onions.

Easy Green Peas Recipe

A close up image of a devil egg lined up on the end of a long plate with others behind it.

Easy Deviled Eggs

A bowl of Swedish meatballs and noodles.

Swedish Meatballs And Noodles

A close up shot of the side of a shallow bowl of shrimp mac salad.

Shrimp Macaroni Salad

A wooden spoon holding up a scoop off ground beef goulash in a pan.

Ground Beef Goulash

An overhead image of a bow of cabbage soup with a spoon in it.

Cabbage Soup with Hamburger

A plate of spaghetti with meat sauce on top of it.

Meat Sauce Recipe

A pile of homemade meatballs in tomato sauce.

Homemade Meatballs In Sauce

A slice of poppyseed cake being lifted from the rest of the cake.

Poppyseed Cake

An overhead image of apple pie filling in a raw pie crust with apples and cinnamon sticks around it.

How To Make Apple Pie Filling

A hand pulling a chip with artichoke dip out of a pan of it.

Hot Artichoke Parmesan Dip

A close up image of a chocolate chip banana muffin inside a bowl of other muffins.

Moist Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

A wooden holding up a spoonful of greens and beans from the pan.

Greens and Beans Recipe

An overhead image of a bowl of bean soup with Italian sausage.

Italian Bean Soup With Sausage

Homemade marinara sauce in a jar with a spoon in it.

Sugar Free Marinara Sauce

A slice of coffee cake on a white plate.

Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Streusel

Strawberry Cake on a plate with a bite taken out revealing the inside of the cake.

Strawberry Shortcake Crumb Cake

A piece of cheese danish on a white plate with the rest behind it.

Crescent Roll Cheese Danish

A flank steak with slices cut and lined up in front of it and fresh thyme around it.

Red Wine Flank Steak Marinade

A bowl of tomato salad with onions and cucumbers with a checked towel and fresh tomatoes in the background.

Tomato Onion Salad

A piece of cherry cheese pie being pulled up from the rest of the pie.

Cherry Cheese Pie

An overhead image of a bowl of Italian sausage and peppers with buns and a napkin next to it.

Slow Cooker Italian Sausage

Two slices of banana bread next to the loaf with a banana on the side.

Buttermilk Banana Bread Recipe

A wooden spoon in a pan of sauteed mushrooms.

Mushrooms in White Wine Sauce

A plate of broccoli rice casserole with the pan and raw broccoli florets in the background.

Rice and Broccoli Casserole

A wooden spoon resting on the side of a pan with steak and onions on it.

Braised Steak and Onions

A plate of stuffed meatballs with one cut open revealing the mozzarella cheese inside.

Cheesy Stuffed Meatballs

A bowl of tuna casserole with the pan behind it.

Old Fashioned Tuna Casserole

An overhead image of a pan of seafood fra diavalo with a striped napkin and fresh basil.

Seafood Fra Diavolo

A wooden spoon pulling a a scoop of unstuffed peppers from the skillet.

Unstuffed Peppers Skillet

Chicken french on a plate with spaghetti.

Chicken French Recipe

An overhead image of a plate of baked ziti with herbs, garlic and a blue striped napkin next to it.

Pasta al Forno

A tall glass bowl of chocolate trifle showing the layers with chocolate toffee candies scattered around it.

Chocolate Cake Trifle

A close up image of a chicken cutlet cut in half revealing the perfectly cooked center.

Chicken Cutlets

An overhead image of a bowl of cabbage and beans with bread and a blue checked towel around it and topped with grated Romano cheese.

Cabbage and Beans

A plate of baked clams with a cocktail fork and lemon wedge on it with the pan, a striped napkin, lemon and parsley behind it.

Stuffed Clams (Clams Casino)

A close up overhead image of a pizzelle cookie on top of other ones.

Italian Pizzelles

A plate of mini pecan tarts with a mini muffin tin of them i nthe background, a red and green striped towel and some broken pieces of it.

Grandma Rose's Pecan Tassies

A wooden bowl of caramel pretzel turtles with a pan of them and a red and green towel in the background.

Rolo Pretzel Bites

A plate of Neapolitan cookies stacked into a pyramid shape.

Italian Rainbow Cookie Recipe

A close up of a wooden spoon in a pan of Ratatouille.

Nanou's Authentic Ratatouille

Crescent roll pizza slices lined up on a cutting board with veggies around it.

Crescent Roll Veggie Pizza

A meatloaf and potatoes muffin on a plate with another behind it as well as green beans.

Mini Turkey Meatloaf Muffins

A plate of scalloped potatoes with a bowl of cheese and the pan of them in the background.

Mom's Creamy Scalloped Potatoes

An overhead image of a pan of hot dogs and potatoes with a blue towel and potatoes next to it.

Hot Dogs And Potatoes

Seared salmon on a white plate with tomatoes and capers on top with the pan, a blue napkin, a piece of red onion and fresh basil behind it.

Salmon With Capers and Tomatoes

A close up image of chicken in wine sauce in the pan.

Wine Braised Chicken Breast Recipe

A close up image of a spoon holding a big scoop of ham and potato casserole from the pan.

Old Fashioned Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

A spoon holding up a porcupine meatball and sauce over the pan of them.

Porcupine Meatballs With Tomato Soup

A spoon holding a spoonful of Asian Coleslaw Ramen over a blue bowl of it.

Ramen Asian Coleslaw Recipe

A plate of garlic green beans with a striped towel, garlic bulbs and parsley in the background.

Garlic And Butter Green Beans

An overhead image of beet salad topped with feta cheese with lemons, dill, onion and a white napkin around it.

Roasted Beet Salad with Feta and Dill

A bowl of meat hot sauce with a spoon in it and a striped napkin behind it.

Spicy Hot Dog Meat Sauce

A close up of a bowl of pasta with peas with a spoon in it and the larger blue pan of it in the background.

Pasta and Peas Recipe

An overhead image of a strawberry cream pie with a striped napkin next to it.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie

A spoon holding up a scoop of lentil soup with ham from a black bowl of it.

Carrot and Lentil Soup

A close up image of a red wine braised pork chop with onions on it in a gray bowl of other pork chops and sauce.

Drunken Thin Pork Chops

A close up image of roasted potatoes on a sheet pan.

Crispy Parmesan Potatoes

A plate of artichoke hearts with a fork on it and a white and red napkin and garlic behind it.

Grandma's Baked Artichoke Hearts

A close up overhead image of the sauteed carrots in a pan.

Garlic Butter Sautéed Carrots Recipe

A white oval pan with roast turkey thighs in it and onions and a red and white napkin in the background.

Roast Turkey Thighs for Two

A close up image of Piña Colada dump cake on a plate with whipped cram and a cherry on top on a white plate with a fork.

Piña Colada Pineapple Dump Cake

A close up image of a slice of chocolate pudding pie on a white plate with the rest of the pie behind it.

Old Fashioned Chocolate Pie

A white pan pouring cheese sauce over a bowl of steamed broccoli.

Cheese Sauce for Broccoli Recipe

The corner of a pan of blueberry dump cake with a spoon in it revealing the berry mixture along with the crust.

Blueberry Lemon Dump Cake

A close up image of a white bowl of shrimp dip with a whole shrimp on top and chips and celery in the background.

Grandma's Shrimp Dip Recipe

An overhead image of a white bowl of sautéed shrimp with fresh dill and a grey napkin around it.

Garlic Sautéed Shrimp

A close up of a meatloaf muffin topped with cheesy potatoes on a white plate.

Mini Meatloaf Recipe with Potatoes

A square photos of broccoli rabe with garlic on a plate.

Broccoli Rabe Recipe with Garlic

A close up image of chicken cacciatore on a white plate.

Easy Chicken Cacciatore

A pile of sour cream cookies where the one in the middle has a bite out of it exposing the cakey center of the cookie.

Sour Cream Cookies

An overhead image of one side of a bowl of vegetable salad on a blue placemat.

Marinated Vegetable Salad

A bowl of pizza sauce with a sprig of basil in it and pizza dough with sauce on it in the background.

Italian Pizza Sauce

A white bowl full of classic tuna macaroni salad.

Tuna Macaroni Salad

An extreme close up of the ends and tips of skillet asparagus in a pan

Sautéed Garlic Asparagus

Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats are the healthy weeknight meal you'll want to make again and again. This is a seriously easy recipe that's full of delicious flavor without all the guilt!

Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats

This is the Chicken Casserole to end all chicken casserole recipes! Creamy and delicious but also so easy to make- this is the perfect way to feed a crowd!

Fernie's Famous Chicken Casserole

My Great Grandma's Lemon Pound Cake Recipe is a serious keeper! Easy to make, subtly sweet with a light and moist crumb that no one can resist.

Great Grandma Hinz's Lemon Pound Cake Recipe

This Pea Salad with Shrimp recipe is a super easy side dish that's perfect for any gathering! It's served cold because it's creamy with sweet green peas (I totally used frozen!), shrimp, and cashews and water chestnuts which make it crunchy. Make this if you need a tasty and light Thanksgiving side dish!

Peas Salad with Shrimp

Sautéed Kale with Mushrooms and Tomatoes is the best healthy side dish. It whips up super quickly and easily and tastes fantastic! This also makes a satisfying vegetable main dish.

Sautéed Kale with Mushrooms and Tomatoes

A stack of crinkle chocolate cookies with a bite taken out of the top cookie.

Crinkle Chocolate Cookies

This is my mom's meatloaf recipe- it is seriously the best meatloaf I've ever had- it's super simple and really easy to make. It's the ultimate of comfort foods and one of my favorite dinners!

Mom's Meatloaf Recipe

A square image that is a close up of a plate of turkey tetrazzini with a fork in it

Turkey Tetrazzini

homemade 2 Ingredient Applesauce

2 Ingredient Applesauce

This Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu is easy to make and so delicious. Made with chicken, corn flakes, ham and Swiss cheese, it's a weeknight meal that will wow your family!

Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu

What to do with that bumper crop of zucchini? Zucchini Pancakes! Made with Bisquick, Romano cheese, shredded zucchini, butter, garlic powder and onion, they are a super easy savory breakfast and are also a great make-ahead appetizer for a party!

Zucchini Pancakes

Grandma's Non-Smoky Homemade BBQ Sauce is the crazy easy grilling marinade that you won't be able to stop eating this summer. This is a total crowd-pleaser!

Grandma's Non-Smoky Homemade BBQ Sauce and Grilled Chicken

A square image of Grandma's Best Banana Cake recipe.

Grandma's Best Banana Cake Recipe

A square image of Sauteed Green Beans with Mushrooms, Shallots and Pancetta.

Savory Sauteed Green Beans with Mushrooms, Shallots and Pancetta

Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Dried Cherries and Shallots Recipe

Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Dried Cherries and Shallots Recipe

A squaer image of Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

A square image of Broccoli Rabe and Ricotta Crostini with a yellow broccoli rabe blossom in the foreground and some other crostini and a plate of broccoli rabe in the background.

Broccoli Rabe and Ricotta Crostini

These homemade German Cream Cheese Brownies are a delicious addition to any holiday cookie platter. This recipe is made from scratch but SO easy! Rich chocolate brownies swirled with sweet cream cheese helps make this a decadent treat your family will love!

German Cream Cheese Brownies

This easy Spanish Rice recipe has been a mainstay in my family for as long as I can remember. It's a really quick recipe which makes it perfect to make on a weeknight and is great for back-to-school. Delicious tomato sauce combines so well with ground beef and rice- the whole family will love this homemade, healthy meal!

Spanish Rice

A square shot of Blueberry Buckle.

Blueberry Buckle

Roasting Chestnuts is not as hard as it seems- it's actually pretty simple. THis tutorial has some simple directions for how to roast Chestnuts!

How to Roast Chestnuts

Hot Pepper Oil is such an easy condiment to make, and boy does it pack some punch! If you like spicy foods you have to make this!!

Hot Pepper Oil

This Peppers and Eggs recipe is such a simple, delicious dinner or lunch. It combines a few basic ingredients and is very cost-efficient. I like to serve it hot or cold over fresh Italian bread. Click on the photo to learn more...

Peppers and Eggs

Grandma Hinz's Apple Pancakes | The Life Jolie

Grandma Hinz's Apple Pancakes