Gearing up for St. Patrick's Day

Here's a couple of recipes for St. Patrick's Day, New Potatoes and Cabbage and Potato Soup. I think these are hilarious, because Ella Lea fit two recipes on one recipe card and she reused a recipe card. Apparently the recipe that's covered up wasn't fit to be kept. Enjoy!

If I had any idea about the source of these recipes, I would include it. We found recipes that dated as far back as 1954. My intention is to list the source, if I can deduce it. If you know where it came from, feel free to share. 

Broccoli Casserole

Everyone loves this dish and it is perfect for a Sunday dinner, take for lunch on Monday recipe. Have a great week. Aunt Ella Lea wrote "coppers August 30 88". I wish I knew whether that's where she got the recipe. 

One way to modernize this recipe, might be to use fake bacon or brown rice. Even with the variations it will be delish. 

Quick Blackberry Cobbler

No idea why this recipe is on a scrap of paper labeled, Disability Insurance. She wrote down this recipe on a slip of paper with the idea that nothing should go to waste. This is a blackberry cobbler recipe that can be made with Bisquick and the microwave. I never knew her to use Bisquick, but I'm going to try it. She was famous for her cobbler recipe and her crust was always from scratch. I'm curious to know how this recipe made it in there. But maybe one of her great-great nieces and nephews will consider trying this recipe in their college kitchens. Let me know what happens. Enjoy!

Welcome to Aunt Ella Lea's Recipes

The adorable woman in the middle of the picture above was my Aunt Ella Lea Landreth. She was my great aunt and she was a great aunt. Her sister and best friend, Oma Wonderly is standing to her left, another outstanding woman. Ella Lea was born on February 16th, 1915 and died on February 17th,  2011. She was a wonderful woman, with a sharp wit and a contagious laugh. Her mom died when she was younger and she and her sister had to teach themselves how to cook. She learned to make a cake on a wood burning stove, without the advantage of a mix, mixer, even heated oven or the advice of her mother. And yet, she was one of the greatest home cooks I've ever known and someone who took great joy in cooking and baking. When we were packing up her house, where she had lived since 1945 we discovered hundreds of thousands of recipes. Every slip of paper had a recipe on it. Ever recipe had a recipe on the back and almost every recipe had a note about how to make it even better. She knew how to stretch a dollar, make a delicious meal for no money at all and make ever meal an event. In her honor, I wanted to share some of the recipes with family, friends and you. If you try a recipe. Send me a note and let me know how it went. I'm sure Ella Lea would love to know what you had for dinner.