Introduction
Old And New Recipes is a collection of recipes that I have invented (maybe reinvented) or simplified or improved; it also includes Food and Kitchen Tips and Opinions. Many of these recipes I use constantly; some of them I make primarily for special occasions or at certain times of the year. Some of them include the best way—or different ways—to make some things that you may already know. They were specifically written to be clear, precise, and easy to make. This is not a cookbook stuffed with recipes that you will never want to eat. For pictures of the book, go to the picture page.
Free Recipes From The Cookbook
Cocada Pudding
Tapioca Pudding
Vanilla Ice Cream
Chocolate Mousse
Melted Root Beer Float
Descriptions Of Recipes
Drinks
- Punch—A softly carbonated punch made with orange juice and sweetened green tea.
- Punch 2—Another unique punch for anytime.
- Punch 3—A black-cherry-cream-flavored punch made using Kool-Aid®.
- Egg Nog—Exceedingly easy to make; a simpler taste than store-bought—and much, much cheaper.
- Mint Julep—Based on my memory of this drink that they used to make at Disneyland. I searched the Internet for a good recipe for this, but I had to make my own version because none of the others were true to the original as I remember it.
- Spiced Cider—Some people like it; some do not. This is made to serve hot, but I like it cold. It is one of the easiest things that you can make in your slow cooker.
- Hot Chocolate—Simply made without store-bought mixes
- Spiced Cider 2—A different, slightly non-traditional recipe for spiced cider. I created this when I was missing some of the ingredients for my usual spiced cider.
- Pepsi® And Iced Tea—Iced tea accented with Pepsi, or Pepsi accented with iced tea.
- Tim's Graveyard Soda—Not only good for Halloween; great with hamburgers.
- Melted Root Beer Float—The best part of a root beer float is really what is left after the ice cream melts, right? Well, this recipe is how to make it all that way in the first place.
- How To Prepare Kool-Aid®—Kool-Aid made better.
- Tim's Recipe For Orange Juice—Not quite Orange Julius®, but better than many of the clone recipes that I have tried—maybe because I was not trying to duplicate Orange Julius with this recipe.
- How To Prepare Instant Kool-Aid® Mix—Make Kool-Aid one glass at a time inexpensively.
Sodas
- Grape Soda—An old-style soda.
- Orange Soda—An old fashioned style orange soda.
- Grape Soda 2—Plain grape soda without the ice cream.
- Orange Soda 2—Plain orange soda with nothing artificial added.
- Pineapple Soda—An unusual ice cream soda recipe.
- Chocolate Soda—How to make an old-fashioned style chocolate soda.
- Melted Orange Soda—An orange ice cream soda that is made without ice cream.
- Chocolate Milk Soda—You will not find this in the store. If you make it you will want more.
- Melted Chocolate Soda—A chocolate ice cream soda that is made without ice cream. One of my favorite recipes—and a favorite of kids.
- Root Beer Chocolate Milk—It turns out that root beer and chocolate milk make a good combination.
Variations Of Milk And Chocolate Milk
- Vanilla Milk—A simpler taste than the store-bought versions. (I have not seen other-than-chocolate flavored milk in the stores as much as I used to, lately.)
- Banana Milk—Easier to make than you would think.
- Strawberry Milk—Strawberry-flavored milk made from scratch.
- Perfect Chocolate Milk—The proportions and the methods to make perfect chocolate milk.
- Chocolate Orange-Mint Milk—Mint-and-orange-flavored chocolate milk.
- Chocolate-Marshmallow Milk—Easy to make, and one of my favorites.
Desserts
- S'mores—Oven-baked s'mores. Easier than baking cookies.
- Brownies—Great flavor, chocolaty, chewy; a brownie recipe that turns out like I intend it to. Easy to make, simple recipe, simple procedure.
- Mincemeat—I could not find a good recipe for real mincemeat, for pie, like my great grandmother used to make. I researched old and cookbooks and came up with this after throwing out the ideas I did not like and keeping those that I did like. This recipe is true to the spirit of my great grandmother's mincemeat.
- Cheesecake—A very light-textured and mild-tasting cheesecake.
- Banana Split—A precise guide to making a banana split.
- Rice Dessert—A simple stove-top dessert made with rice, like my mother used to make.
- Apple Crisp 1—Apple crisp like my grandmother used to make.
- Apple Crisp 2—Another, different version of the apple crisp like my grandmother used to make.
- Lemon Mousse—Not like lemon meringue pie; more like a light lemon-flavored ice cream. Breyers® used to make Lemon Sorbet Ice Cream; I tried to make this lemon mousse taste like that.
- Snickerdoodles—A simple recipe for the cookie that everyone seems to like—but for some reason it does not seem to get made as often as some other kinds of cookies.
- Cocada Pudding—A light coconut pudding like I have only seen in TV dinners. I could not find a decent recipe for this, so I had to create this one.
- Tapioca Pudding—Just try to find an easier recipe for making this from scratch without using the quick-cooking kind of tapioca.
- Vanilla Ice Cream—How to get the ingredients for this just right.
- Chocolate Mousse—The easiest to make mousse ever. All the glamour of mousse with less of the effort of making it.
- Chocolate Pudding—Homemade, simple to make, much cheaper and better than store-bought—and no artificial flavors or colors.
- Chocolate Shortcake—Yes, you can make shortcake without strawberries—and it is good this way too.
- Cinnamon Roll Mousse—Mousse that tastes like a cinnamon roll.
- Chocolate Chip Cookies—Not too crunchy, not too soft—oh, and they taste good!. The best of about 30 versions kitchen-tested.
- Orange Cream Soda Ice Cream—A very light tasting, light-textured , and creamy-flavored ice cream.
- Lemon Sour Cream Cheesecake—A unique combination flavor of Lemon Mousse and Cheesecake.
Salads And Gelatine
- Cole Slaw—My recipe for cole slaw.
- Fruit Salad—An easy-to-make—and good—fruit salad
- Taco Salad—Easy to make. Different from most taco salads. You will not need to make anything else for dinner.
- Fruit Salad 2—A fruit salad that my father used to make.
- Lime Gelatine Salad—Sort of like my grandmother used to make, but just a little different than you may have had before.
- Pineapple Salad Dressing—A pineapple flavored fruit salad dressing and dip, based on an old recipe.
- Strawberry Cream Gelatine Dessert—A new way to make a dessert with Jell-O®.
Sandwiches
- Philly Cheesesteak—Philly Cheesesteak—You will like it. Make plenty of them.
- Roast Pork Sandwich—Good flavor combinations in this sandwich.
- Chicken Salad Sandwich—Fancy/simple recipe for chicken salad sandwiches. A good substitute for tuna fish sandwiches.
- Perfect Turkey Sandwich—My ideas for a perfect turkey sandwich combined with my father's ideas of how to make one.
- Bacon & Tomato Sandwich—Like a BLT—but I like it better without the lettuce. This is how I make mine and it is good.
- Hot & Cold Ham Sandwich—A new way to put together a ham sandwich.
- Perfect Tuna Fish Sandwich—The perfect way to make this.
- Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich—Thoughts on how to make it just right.
- Texas Toast Ham & Cheese Sandwich—All the goodness of Texas Toast combined with all the goodness of a hot ham & cheese sandwich.
- Fast Food Style Grilled Cheese Sandwich—Something learned at a fast food restaurant.
- Peanut Butter & Cheese & Pickle Sandwich—I made this up when I was 13 years old. Better than you may think it would be.
Breakfast
- French Toast—The precise proportions of ingredients to make every batch of French Toast a good one. Better than just throwing things together.
- Eggs & Toast—An old way to make eggs with toast.
- Breakfast Sandwich—Classic ham and egg and cheese sandwich on a hamburger bun—but you have to make it right to make it good.
- Frozen French Toast—Make French Toast ahead of time and just take it out of the freezer to heat up whenever you want it. A great way to use up surplus bread. Convenient for feeding a crowd.
- Orange French Toast—French Toast made with orange juice? I was surprised how well this worked when I first made it.
- Fast Food Style Omelet—More stuff learned at a fast food restaurant—but it was never on the menu.
- Eggless Breakfast Sandwich—Just right for breakfast. You will not miss the egg.
- Tim's English Muffin Recipe—The best recipe for an English muffin breakfast.
Main Dishes
- Chili—An uncomplicated recipe for chili that I make often. Not too hot and not too mild.
- Soup—Soup made from scratch without stock. You can vary the ingredients in this one; but try my version first.
- Lasagna—A straightforward recipe for a gourmet dish.
- Spaghetti Sauce—Why use store-bought spaghetti sauce when you can make your own?
- Hamburger Soup—I think that they would have liked this soup back in the Middle Ages. Plain but with a lot of flavor and good ingredients.
- Green Pepper Steak—Only barbecued steak is better than this.
- Oven-Baked Hot Dogs—Better than boiled; almost as good as barbecued. The way to make hot dogs indoors.
- Fancy Oven-Baked Hot Dogs—A serious approach to making a gourmet hot dog.
- Roasted Boneless Chicken Breasts—A very easy and good way to make these.
Other Recipes
- Oatmeal—Stovetop oatmeal is much better than microwave oatmeal. If you like oatmeal but do not like the effort that can be involved in making it from scratch, then here is a recipe that you will like to use.
- Pie Crust—This pie crust recipe is made using corn oil instead of shortening, butter, or lard. I find it to be the best and easiest to make pie crust I have ever made.
- Red Beans—How to cook red beans from scratch without having to soak them overnight and without having to drain them at any point (so you do not have to dump any food value down the drain). This is the recipe that I use for my chili recipe. The beans alone are good enough to eat by themselves; and they could easily be incorporated into other dishes such as baked beans, pork and beans, or ham and beans.
- Texas Toast—You have heard of Texas Toast. I did not invent it; but here is how I make it at home—with four variations of the basic recipe.
- Dog Biscuits—Not to be forgotten. Treats for your dogs.
- Fried Apples—Just like my grandmother used to make. Even easier to make than apple sauce.
- Tartar Sauce—A simple and quick way to make good tartar sauce.
- Banana Bread—This turns out good every time I make it. An easy recipe to use. No more wasted bananas.
- Apple Sauce 1—Apple sauce made the way my grandmother used to make it.
- Apple Sauce 2—Apple sauce made a little differently. From a very old recipe.
- Apple Sauce 3—A unique way to make apple sauce like my grandmother used to make.
- Rhubarb Sauce—As easy to make as apple sauce. A good topping for vanilla ice cream or French Toast or pancakes.
- Cheesy Noodles—A from-scratch, stovetop alternative to packaged macaroni and cheese. Simple and easy to make.
- Chocolate Syrup—An absolute staple for everyone who likes chocolate; a simpler, more natural alternative to store-bought.
- Cranberry Sauce—I won a blue ribbon for this at the local county fair.
- Broiled Tomatoes—When I was growing up we used to have these once in a while. No one seems to make them anymore. Many people do not like cooked tomatoes; if they were to try these they might learn to like them.
- Grapefruit Chunks—You will learn to like grapefruit.
- Perfect White Rice—You do not need to buy a rice cooker to make good rice. Just use this recipe.
- Tortilla With Cheese—One of the easiest things I make. The first recipe to go into this cookbook.
- Smashed Bread Pizza—Make this if you really do not want to wait for the pizza to be delivered. When I first made this, I ended up—by popular demand—making it for lunch 3 days in a row.
- Unpeeled Apple Sauce—A very different variation of apple sauce. The peel adds flavor and sweetness.
- Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce—Cranberry sauce made the old-fashioned way— it is the easiest and fastest way to make it.
Food and Kitchen Tips and Opinions
Two pages of kitchen-related tips and opinions.
Details Of The Cookbook
Comb binding—lies flat; 10 mil. clear plastic covers; 65 lb. cover pages; 52 pages on 24 lb. paper; 8 1/2 x 11-inches.
