The Original Hellmans Potato Salad

Although I have tried many potato salad recipes out there, Original Hellmans Potato Salad is tried and true. Everybody always loves it, and it tastes unmistakably homemade.

 

If you can only have one potato salad recipe, this is it.

I’ve shocked people by divulging the secret and simplicity of this recipe.

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Original Hellmans Potato Salad
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The Original Hellmans Potato Salad
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
0 mins
Total Time
15 mins
 

Original Hellmans Potato Salad is tried and true. Everybody always loves it, and it tastes unmistakably homemade.

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Original Hellman's Potato Salad
Servings: 6
Calories: 260 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Hellmans mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 4 cups cubed cooked potatoes 5 to 6 medium
  • 1 cup sliced celery
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs chopped
Instructions
  1. Combine the first 5 ingredients. Stir in remaining ingredients.
  2. Cover & chill.

 

Enjoy!

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Ultimate Lemon Meringue Pie

I made this Ultimate Lemon Meringue Pie for my mom for Mother’s day and when she tasted it she said, “That’s my mom’s pie!”

 

Mom has always wished for her mother’s Lemon Meringue Pie, but she passed away before she ever knew the secret of her pie.

The crust is a golden flaky treat and the lemon filling is tart, but still sweet enough to make you want another mouthful. Plus, the meringue crusts up so beautifully.

I was so happy and proud! We enjoyed it so much and it will be my one and only lemon pie recipe…

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Ultimate Lemon Meringue Pie
Prep Time
1 hr 15 mins
Cook Time
55 mins
Total Time
2 hrs 10 mins
 

This Ultimate Lemon Meringue Pie, according to my Mom, is just like my Grandmother used to make!

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Ultimate Lemon Meringue Pie
Servings: 6
Calories: 375 kcal
Ingredients
Pie Crust
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into pieces and frozen
  • 4 tablespoons vegetable shortening frozen
  • 3 -5 tablespoons ice water as needed
  • 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
Lemon Filling
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup cornstarch
  • 1/2 cu ⁄8 teaspoon salt
  • 6 large egg yolks
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice fresh from 2 - 3 lemons
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Meringue Topping
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 4 large egg whites
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Make pie shell:
  1. Mix flour, sugar and salt in a food processor, by pulsing a few times. Scatter the frozen butter pieces over flour mixture. Pulse in 1-second pulses about 5 times to mix in butter.
  2. Add frozen shortening; pulsing in 1-second pulses until mixture resembles cornmeal with pieces about the size of peas.
  3. Slowly add ice water through the processor feed tube, with motor running, one tbsp at a time.
  4. When dough forms a ball, stop processing.
  5. It should take about 2 or 3 tbsp of ice water to reach this stage.
  6. Shape dough into a ball in your flour coated hands, and then flatten into a 4 inch wide disk. Flour disk and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
  7. Generously coat your work surface or pastry sheet with a little flour and about 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs.
  8. Place dough on floured surface, coat with some flour and graham cracker crumbs, and roll into a 9-inch disk.
  9. Lift, coat surface with more graham and flour, turn dough, add more graham and flour on top, and roll out to a 13 inch disk.
  10. Place into a 9 inch pie pan, and finish edges. Refrigerate crust until firm, about 30 minutes. Prick dough with a fork to prevent bubbling up in the oven.
  11. While the oven is pre-heating to 375, put pie crust in freezer.
  12. Bake at 375 for 20- 25 minutes, checking occasionally to make sure it's browning evenly and not bubbling up.
Lemon Filling:
  1. Whisk sugar, cornstarch, and salt together in a large, nonreactive saucepan. Add egg yolks, then immediately but gradually whisk in 1 1/2 cups water. Bring mixture to a simmer over medium heat, whisking regularly, 8- 10 minutes, until thickened. Remove from heat, whisk in zest, then juice, and finally butter.
  2. Keep warm until meringue is made.
Meringue topping:
  1. Mix cornstarch and 1/3 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer, whisking occasionally until thickened. Remove from heat when translucent and thickened.
  2. Preheat oven to 325.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, mix cream of tartar and sugar together.
  4. Beat egg whites with whip attachment of mixer until frothy. Add vanilla. Beat in sugar mixture, 1 tbsp at a time. Then drop in cornstarch mixture, 1 tbsp at a time until stiff peaks form.
  5. Pour warm lemon filling into pie crust. Distribute meringue evenly over the top, starting with the edges, and then the middle. Make sure it attaches to the crust.
  6. Lifting with the back of the spoon, create peaks in the meringue.
  7. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
  8. Cool completely before serving.

 

Enjoy!

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Best Ever Green Bean Casserole – Fresh!

Sensational Green Bean Casserole and oh-so-easy to make. Tastes so good your family will be talking about this one from now on.

 

I’ve always made the traditional frozen green bean/canned soup stand-by of this casserole, but I’ve always wanted to make a fresh, from-scratch casserole.

This is it!!!

Let me just say that if green beans in a casserole have never popular at your table you just have to give this recipe a try!

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Green Bean Casserole
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Best Ever Green Bean Casserole
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
50 mins
 

Sensational Green Bean Casserole and oh-so-easy to make. Tastes so good this will be your only Green bean casserole from now on.

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Green Bean Casserole
Servings: 6
Calories: 275 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 lbs fresh french beans ends trimmed (green beans)
  • 4 tablespoons butter divided
  • 2 tablespoons vidalia onions finely chopped
  • 4 ounces baby portabella mushrooms cleaned and finely chopped (about 2 tablespoons)
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups corn flakes cereal recommended ( Corn Flakes
  • 1/2 lb mozzarella cheese grated
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over medium heat then add the beans and cook until just tender (but still firm), about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove the beans from the water to a large bowl of ice water to preserve color and stop the cooking then drain the beans and set aside.
  3. Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; Add the onions and saute until translucent.
  4. Stir in the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper to taste, saute about 3 to 5 minutes.
  5. Add the flour and stir for another minute, to cook out the raw flour taste, and then whisk in the sour cream.
  6. Simmer for just a couple of minutes to bring the flavors together and taste for seasoning.
  7. Cut the green beans into 2-inch pieces.
  8. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in a small pan. Crush the cereal flakes in a resealable plastic bag and add them to the pan with the butter, tossing to coat.
  9. Spread the green beans over the bottom of a 9-inch casserole dish and pour all of the mushroom sauce mixture over the beans topping with the grated cheese.
  10. Sprinkle with the buttered cereal flakes and bake in the preheated 400 degree F oven, until light golden brown and bubbly, approximately 20 minutes.
  11. Remove from the oven and serve.

 

Enjoy!

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Spicy Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms

These Spicy Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms are simply great! Perfect for a backyard BBQ appetizer or a holiday get together.

 

Make them ahead and line a Tupperware with paper towels and put them in it. Then they are ready to bake just before the event.

You can also vary the recipe to suit family taste. Try using baby Bella mushrooms (without stems) and Pecorino Romano cheese.

Your guests will definitely enjoy this delight.

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Spicy Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms
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Spicy Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Resting Time
5 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

These Spicy Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms are simply great! Perfect for a backyard BBQ appetizer or a holiday get together.

Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Spicy Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms
Servings: 6
Calories: 195 kcal
Ingredients
  • 24 medium mushroom caps
  • 1 16 oz package hot ground pork breakfast sausage
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 2 ounces Monterrey jack cheese
  • 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes less for less heat
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese shredded
Instructions
  1. Wash the mushrooms and pat dry with paper towels. Remove the stems and set aside (they can be minced and added to the sausage mixture later is desired).
  2. Preheat oven to 350.
  3. Cook and crumble the sausage in a large skillet until done, drain, and place in a mixing bowl. Add the cream cheese, jack cheese, crushed red pepper flakes and minced stems if desired. Mix well.
  4. Place 1 heaping teaspoon of the mixture into each mushroom cap.
  5. Place the stuffed mushroom caps on a rimmed baking pan, sprinkle with Parmesan, and bake for 20 minutes.
  6. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
  7. Serve stuffed mushrooms on a decorative serving platter.

 

Enjoy!

On Your Own:

This dish can be a little on the hot side for some people’s tastes. You can tone it down some by using regular sausage instead of hot and going a little easy on the hot pepper flakes!

If you use white button mushrooms try to pick out a package with some larger sized ones.

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Sausage Frittata – So Easy & So Good!

Oh my goodness this Sausage Frittata is SO good! I served it with a fresh salad and it went down a storm.

 

I don’t know why I don’t make frittata’s more often because we love them!

Leftovers also made a great lunch the next day!

You can also bake this frittata in the oven at 350° for 1/2 hour; uniformly cooked and moist throughout.

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Sausage Frittata
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Sausage Frittata
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 

Leftovers make a great lunch next day!

Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Sausage Frittata
Servings: 4
Calories: 245 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 9 5/8 oz package pork sausage, crumbles
  • 2 cups red potatoes cubed and cooked
  • 8 eggs
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese grated
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/2 cup tomatoes seeded and chopped
  • 2 green onions thinly sliced
Instructions
  1. Cook sausage in large nonstick skillet over medium heat 4-5 minutes or until hot. Stir in potatoes.
  2. Beat eggs, cheese, salt and pepper in large bowl with wire whisk. Pour over sausage mixture.
  3. Cook over medium-high heat 2 minutes, occasionally lifting edge with spatula and tilting skillet to allow uncooked egg to flow underneath. (Do not stir.).
  4. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover. Cook 14-17 minutes or until eggs are set.
  5. Top with tomato and onions. Cut into 8 wedges to serve.

 

Enjoy!

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Best Ham Salad Sandwich – Paula Deen’s Recipe

Paula Deen’s Best Ham Salad Sandwich is the Real Deal – This recipe is fabulous and it’s easy too. In no time I had an amazing salad ready.

 

The quintessential classic ham salad! The ham salad of my childhood.

Excellent served with toasted rounds of French Bread….

Paula says that the trick is to use the best ham you can find, preferably an authentic Smithfield ham.

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Best Ham Salad Sandwich
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Paula Deen's Best Ham Salad Sandwich
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
0 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

Excellent served with toasted rounds of French Bread....

Course: Sandwiches
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Best Ham Salad Sandwich
Servings: 6
Calories: 195 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 cups leftover ham chopped in a food processor
  • 1 cup finely diced celery
  • 1/4 cup finely minced sweet onion
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs diced
  • 1/4 cup hot pickle relish drained
  • 1/2 cup good quality mayonnaise
Instructions
  1. Mix all the ingredients until well blended.
  2. Spread on white bread.

 

Enjoy!

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Simple Honey Glazed Carrots Recipe

These Simple Honey Glazed Carrots are really great carrots! Delicious! Very easy to prepare and enjoyed by the entire family.

Perfect served alongside chicken and steamed beans for totally super dinner.

I was afraid this dish would be too sweet but surprisingly it’s perfect. Great side dish!

Suitable for a gluten-free diet.

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Simple Honey Glazed Carrots
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Simple Honey Glazed Carrots
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 
This is a very easy honey glazed carrot recipe. First the carrots are cooked tender crisp. Then they are caramelized with a honey and brown sugar glaze. The perfect holiday side dish. Goes well with chicken or turkey and is especially good with ham! Can be made ahead and served at room temperature.
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Simple Honey Glazed Carrots
Servings: 4
Calories: 70 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 pounds baby carrots
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 4 tablespoons honey
  • 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 lemon juice of
  • fresh ground black pepper or chopped parsley for garnish
Instructions
  1. Rinse carrots under cold water and put in a medium saucepan. Cover with water and add salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and continue cooking for about 15 minutes, or until tender. Drain and set aside.
  2. In a saute pan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add honey and brown sugar and cook, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
  3. Add the lemon juice and gently stir in carrots, coating well. Continue heating, gently stirring, until carrots are hot and glazed.
  4. Serve immediately garnished with freshly ground pepper or chopped parsley, if desired.

Tips and Tidbits For Simple Honey Glazed Carrots

These sweet, buttery carrots make a perfect holiday side dish because you can make them ahead of time and serve at room temperature.

In fact, you can make them a day ahead and refrigerate. When it’s time to serve just pop in the microwave to heat through!

Enjoy!

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Scalloped Potatoes & Ham – Easy To Make

This Scalloped Potatoes & Ham is better than I could have imagined! I made it to use up some leftover ham. Wonderful, and easy to make!

 

Creamy and tasty, this will be your new scalloped potato recipe.

I can honestly say this is a meal all on its own. Don’t expect any left overs. A repeater for sure.

Adding cheese on top for the last 15 min is a great twist!

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Scalloped Potatoes & Ham
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Scalloped Potatoes & Ham
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
 

I can honestly say this is a meal all on its own. Don't expect any left overs.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Scalloped Potatoes & Ham
Servings: 6
Calories: 345 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 3 cups milk
  • 3 cups ham cooked
  • 1 large green pepper chopped
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 1/2 cup cheddar cheese shredded
  • 5 cups potatoes pared and sliced
Instructions
  1. Melt butter in large sauce pan over low heat; blend in flour, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, for about 1 minute. Remove from heat gradually stir in milk.
  2. Return to heat; cook until thickened and bubbly.
  3. Fold in ham, onion, green pepper and cheese. Pour over potatoes in a large bowl. Stir gently then move into a buttered 13X9-inch baking dish; cover with foil.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
  5. Uncover and continue to bake for 1 hour.
  6. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

 

Enjoy!

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Classic Macaroni & Cheese – Grandma’s Special

I have been using Grandma’s Special Classic Macaroni & Cheese for Mac and Cheese since the beginning of time! Truly a classic and a staple.

 

It’s just a divine mac and cheese, lightly tangy and very flavorful.

I think the dry mustard makes it taste extra special. I’ll make this over and over again!

A great side dish that can be served with almost anything!

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Classic Macaroni & Cheese
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Grandma's Special Classic Macaroni & Cheese
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
1 hr
 

A great side dish that can be served with most anything!

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Classic Macaroni & Cheese
Servings: 6
Calories: 245 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 1/2 cups milk
  • 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
  • 8 ounces dry elbow macaroni cooked according to package directions
Instructions
  1. Melt butter in medium saucepan. Stir in flour, salt, mustard and pepper until smooth. Remove from heat and gradually stir in milk until smooth.
  2. Stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until thickened (about 10 minutes). Remove from heat.
  3. Stir in 1 1/2 cups cheese until melted.
  4. Combine cheese mixture with macaroni in greased 2 quart casserole. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
  5. Bake in 375 degree oven for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
  6. Makes 6 servings.

 

Enjoy!

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Mexican Fire Rice – Spicy Rice & Sausage

I love this Mexican Fire Rice dish. It’s a really filling slightly spicy rice and sausage dish that is baked with Picante sauce, sour cream, and cheese.

 

All of the ingredients are things that I regularly have on hand.

Tastes like a tamale kinda… or an enchilada, totally love this.

So easy and so good. You can use mild Picante sauce if you are a spicy wimp!

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Mexican Fire Rice
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Mexican Fire Rice
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
1 hr
 

Tastes like a tamale kinda... or an enchilada, totally love this.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: Mexican Fire Rice
Servings: 6
Calories: 295 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 2/3 cups water
  • 1 1/3 cups long grain white rice uncooked
  • 1 lb ground pork breakfast sausage
  • 1 16 ounce jar picante sauce
  • 1 8 ounce container sour cream
  • 8 ounces cheddar cheese shredded
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Bring water to boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in the rice, reduce heat, cover, and simmer for approximately 20 minutes.
  3. In a large skillet over medium heat brown sausage until no longer pink.
  4. In a medium mixing bowl add cooked rice, cooked sausage, picante sauce, and sour cream. Mix well, place in casserole dish, and top with cheddar cheese.
  5. Bake approximately 20 minutes or until cheese is bubbly. Serve with sides of extra picante sauce and sour cream.

 

Enjoy!

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