Who could forget vintage TV dinners — those shiny foil trays filled with delicious-looking dinner delights, just waiting in the freezer for a special night?
Chicken Cacciatora is also known as ‘Chicken Hunter Style’ – the literal translation of ‘Pollo alla Cacciatora.’ Get two classic recipes for this dish here!
Nothing is so ‘Sunday Specials as this succulent country fried chicken – a delicious vintage dinner recipe to try from the ’50s.
This frosted sandwich loaf holds a surprise in every layer: curried egg salad, tomato, chicken salad, deviled ham-pickle filling – frosted with a mixture of mayonnaise and cream cheese.
How did housewives make Indian food back in the fifties? Here’s fried chicken, Far East style: An Indian-accented chicken curry recipe from 1950.
Here are three delicious vintage slow cooker recipes for Crock Pot dinners — a pot roast stroganoff, a rich chicken dinner, and a savory lamb stew.
That amazing turkey dinner is going to need carving, so why not learn how to do it right? Here are some easy tips for how to carve turkey that you can keep in mind this Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday!
Here’s a look back at a few of the recipes for Grape Nuts stuffing that have been published in newspapers over the years!
How to make oven-fried chicken – Texas recipe (1939) Oven-fried chicken is one of the dishes that is particularly simple to prepare. After the preliminary
Need a fast dinner, and in the mood for something a little retro? Get the recipe for this quick and easy one-pan chicken & pasta here!
Just take a little chicken breast, 2 cups of uncooked pasta noodles, then add some vegetables, spices, water and canned soup — and you have dinner in just half an hour! Get the recipe for this easy chicken & pasta here.
Crisco’s herb batter fried chicken “Chicken crisp as a country morning.” – Loretta Lynn Herb batter fried chicken recipe Ingredients 2-1/2 to 3-1/4 pounds of
Rice, shrimp, clams and chicken combine in this in skillet paella, which takes its name from the two-handled frying pan in which the Spanish cook and serve it.
Texas Two-step Chicken Picante The bold taste of Pace, a touch of tang, and a little something sweet come together for a lip-smackin’ new way
1. Beef loaves with frankfurters (hot dogs) Ingredients 3 pounds ground beef Salt and pepper 2 cups soft stale-bread crumbs 1-1/2 cups carbonated water or
From east to west, finalists came to win the 27th Annual Chicken Cooking Contest By Marie Ryckman, Enquirer Food Editor They all crossed the Delaware
Munchy family treats to brighten March, made easy with Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Double-Coated Chicken Supreme recipe Dress up your chicken in a crisp new coat.
Know the secret to moister, crispier chicken? Hellman’s real mayonnaise and Kellogg’s Rice Krispies cereal team up to bring you Moist ‘n Crispy chicken. The
This tasty variation of chicken salad is equally good as a hearty hot dish or a cool and tempting summer salad! So easy to make, too.
Give your barbecues a real headstart to compliments with this classic recipe for fresh, savory jiffy barbecue sauce! The recipe is easy and delicious.
Here are two old-fashioned recipes for chicken gumbo and chicken Creole from 1912.
A Caribbean Coconut Chicken dinner for company Serve the Caribbean coconut chicken with cornbread or French bread, pear-lettuce salad, and a full, dry white table
Hidden Valley Ranch Buffalo wings / Nachos Ranch Buffalo Wings recipe Ingredients 1/2 cup butter or margarine,melted 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/4 cup hot pepper sauce
Fancy holiday party snacks Chicken Ham Pinwheels recipe An elegant roll-up wins top honors in the Fancy category Ingredients 2 chicken breasts, skinned and boned
Simply use this superb combination of the world’s finest soy sauce, choice wine and natural herbs and spices as a marinade, a baste and directly on foods as a seasoning. Try the tasty recipes below. You’ll enjoy a revelation in flavor!
Golden Chicken Nuggets recipe 1 envelope Lipton Golden Onion Recipe Soup Mix 3/4 cup plain dry bread crumbs 1-1/2 lbs. boneless chicken breasts, cut into
Chicken Marengo recipe Ingredients 1 can (10-3/4 oz) condensed Tomato Soup 1 can (10-3/4 oz) condensed Golden Mushroom Soup 3 lbs. chicken parts 3 T
Walnut Chicken recipe Today’s Crisco Oil is wonderfully light. Light enough to let the true taste and natural flavor of food come through. With no
Smothered Chicken recipe Fine, fancy, flavorful… and the easiest way you ever made such a noble dish. Dried soup mix adds the noodles (without precooking).
Great idea: Campbelled Eggs Vegetable Campbelled Eggs recipe Stir 1 can Campbell’s Cream of Vegetable Soup until smooth. Blend in 8 slightly-beaten eggs. In skillet, melt
Now! Glori-Fried Chicken Soup’s the seasoning and the smooth cream gravy Glori-Fried Chicken recipe Ingredients 2 pounds chicken parts 2 tablespoons shortening 1 can Campbell’s
Osterizer Spin Cookery What’s spin cookery? It’s modern menu-making for palate-pleasing entrees like this Chicken Encore prepared from left-over chicken or turkey, with savory-smooth sauce.
Corn-Crisped Chicken You coat crisply with Kellogg’s Corn Flake Crumbs and bake beautifully on aluminum foil. Corn-Crisped Chicken recipe Ingredients A 2-1/2 to 3 pound
Shake ‘n Bake and extra chicken today …and have a picnic tomorrow. Shake ‘n Bake chicken tastes so good hot or cold, you get two
Hot Cider Punch recipe Combine 4 cups each water and apple juice in saucepan. Add 1 cup Kool-Aid brand pre-sweetened soft drink mix, any red
He’ll give you a rest during the rush (1968) Who’s got time to fix dinner during Christmas rush? Colonel Sanders, that’s who. He fixes dinner
Striped Delight vintage dessert recipe (1985) 
Woodstock: What people said the famous music festival was REALLY like (1969) 
47 dangerous old playgrounds that our great-grandparents somehow survived 
62 beautiful vintage home designs & floor plans from the 1920s 
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