Sauerkraut & Dumplings

Traditional Mennonite/  Pennsylvania Dutch cooking is pretty heavy on meat, starches and sweets.  I’m fairly positive that I’ve never seen a traditional recipe that called for whole-grain anything. So… when  I recently sat down with The Mennonite Community Cookbook that I’ve inherited from my mother and grandmother, I decided to see what gems I could discover in [...]

Homemade Granola

When I was growing up (in a frugal Mennonite household) we were granted the luxury of sugar cereal for breakfast once a year. For our birthday we were allowed to pick out one box. As I recall, I generally chose Lucky Charms – after all, they’re magically delicious. The rest of the year we grudgingly [...]