by RetroRuth | May 12, 2010 | Casserole, Main Dishes, Pasta
By RetroRuth Happy Wednesday, All! This week on the Mid-Century Menu we are cooking out of a cookbook that a lucky lady in 1957 would have received with her brand new, state of the art Rena-Ware. Published in 1957, this super cute book has tons of recipes created by...
by RetroRuth | Jan 27, 2010 | Main Dishes, Pasta
Even though I try not to cook out of the same cookbook twice in a row, the Prize Winning Recipes from American Beauty Macaroni was calling to me again this week. Since the mediocre sucess that was Mexican Macaroni Casserole last week, not much has changed for this...
by RetroRuth | Dec 9, 2009 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
Well, it is snowing like crazy right now, but I must say we are doing better than most here in Michigan. At least there isn’t a blizzard beating a path to our door like my poor parents in Wisconsin! In any case, it is a good day to stay in and bake cookies, or...
by RetroRuth | Dec 2, 2009 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
Happy Wednesday, All! So, for this Christmas I decided I was going to give Tom a break from the Mid-Century Menu for dinner for a month. I decided it would be a nice change to do something GOOD for a while. Besides, with Thanksgiving past and done my mind has...
by RetroRuth | Oct 21, 2009 | Beef, Main Dishes, Sandwiches & Pies
You know, even though the Mid-Century Menu is sometimes freaky, sometimes creepy, and sometimes downright disgusting, there are a lot of redeeming qualities to it as well. Hmmm…this description kinda reminds me of an ex-boyfriend. And like that ex-boyfriend,...
