by Corinne Ritz | Nov 20, 2025 | Asian, Chicken, Chinese, Dinner, Traditions, Uncategorized
The week after my first baby was born a few friends from church took turns bringing us dinner for a few nights. One of the meals brought to us was this sweet and sour chicken. It really hit the spot and has remained a family favorite for the last 22 years. I have...
by Corinne Ritz | Nov 19, 2025 | Baking, Cake, Dessert, Food, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
Do like cake more than pie? Do you need other options besides pie on your Thanksgiving dessert table? Here are our favorites. Pumpkin Custard Cake is one of my absolute favs. My birthday is in October and growing up, I often requested this as my birthday cake. It has...
by Corinne Ritz | Nov 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Growing up my mom would make Pumpkin Cream Pie for Thanksgiving. It is a delicious pumpkin mousse in a pie shell and topped with whipped cream. Simple and often guests would like it more than the original pumpkin pie. I had a friend who would come to our house for...
by Corinne Ritz | Nov 13, 2025 | Appetizers, Autumn, Baking, Breakfast, Brunch, Christmas, Food, Holidays, Lunch, Pies, Snacks, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
I love a Galette because I love pie, and a galette is like a pie, but easier to put together. A galette can be sweet or savory. You could make a galette for the meal and another for dessert. hehehe If you want to use a purchased pie crust, make sure to buy a sheet and...
by Corinne Ritz | Nov 12, 2025 | Autumn, Autumn Porch Supper, Baking, Cake, Christmas, Dessert, Food, Halloween, Myrna Ritz Approved, Pumpkin, vintage
Soon after I was married, my mother-in-law made a cookbook for our family. It is more than 27 years later and I still have not made everything in that book. And now she is gone and I cannot call her when I am making a new recipe from her book, that I haven’t...
