A modern Appalachian woman's kitchen adventures
We’ve established already that I love a good cheeseball. I stumbled upon this recipe years ago on Pinterest, where it was published as Neiman Marcus Dip. I have no idea where the name comes from and a quick Google will show you that there are several variations of this dip. The first couple of times…
When people have asked me how my winter break was, I’ve usually responded by telling them it was awesome “lot of cooking and eating and reading and naps!”. For me, cooking and gifting food is one of my favorite parts of the holiday season. This year, I felt like I did a lot of that…
I love cheese ball. Cheese ball is very popular in this area and shows up often at get togethers of all sorts. It’s especially likely to be seen during the holidays. This particular recipe is one that my sister-in-law (known as Aunt T to my son) makes each year for our Christmas Eve festivities. It’s…
There’s nothing that brings back Christmas memories like a good piece of fudge. Opening this container of fudge earlier in the week brought on all the feels just from the smell. The fudge recipes that I use are super easy and quick, and not only do they fulfill my childhood expectations of Christmas but they…
Fall is perhaps finally here in Kentucky! To me, this is the start of the holiday season because it seems like we go from putting out pumpkins to Christmas trees in like 2.0 seconds. Today, I’m sharing a terrific hot dip that’s perfect for any get together at any time of year. It’s always been…
I would love to tell you that everything here at the Minda’s Cooking kitchen is made from scratch and totally home cooked. But the truth is, like a lot of busy folks, I rely on a fair amount of prepared food. My husband and I have always resisted the urge to buy a deep fryer…
Peaches are one of my favorite farmers market finds! I love fresh peaches in the summer and grocery store peaches ALWAYS disappoint. This week, I picked up a few peaches and thought to myself, “Some peach salsa would be great!” I said this having 1) never made peach salsa or 2) never eaten peach salsa.…
This recipe is so simple I was afraid I might insult y’all by even putting it up here. But the season for cookies is upon us, and I thought you might enjoy this quick trick for baking up some semi-homemade cookies. I stumbled upon this idea a few years ago when I was preparing a…
Each Fall my friend April makes these delicious Pumpkin Puffs and shares them with her friends. I’m blessed to call her my friend for many reasons and these Pumpkin Puffs are just icing on the cake. She brought a batch over along with dinner right after I had my son and I remember popping one…
It’s Fall Break in my world so I decided to mix up some Candy Corn and Peanuts. I don’t have a fancy name for this mix and it’s so simple that I really can’t call it a recipe. For a small jar, I used 1 cup of Peanuts and a half cup of Candy Corn.…