Plant. Pick. Pickle. Being Eastern European, pickles are a part of daily life, and I absolutely LOVE pickles. My mum has been making homemade dill pickles for as long as I can remember, and I will annihilate a whole pot of pickles, chug pickle water and even add it to soups. There is something pickled … Continue reading Garden Quest: Pickles for Pickle
How Adding Vintage Flavours to Your Kitchen Can Spice Up Your Meals Here on the blog we have been cooking from vintage recipes for years and I know my vintage cook book collection is quite sizeable and well-loved. Most of us assume vintage recipes are where questionable flavour combinations dwell, which is partly quite true … Continue reading The Joy of Cooking with Vintage Recipes
We've only ever tried two vintage 'salad' recipes throughout all our vintage cooking adventures so I figured it's probably time to test out another. Initially, I thought about just doing vintage jelly recipes but there are just so many great recipes out there I don't think I want to eat that much jelly, even for … Continue reading Making a Vintage Seafoam Salad
Vintage Cooking Adventures with Miss MonMon It's once again the season of love and to celebrate Valentine's Day for another year, I wanted to try another vintage recipe. Much like today, food has trends with what's popular as well as what is considered a superfood. Remember kale becoming the latest and greatest superfood a few … Continue reading Making Valentines Coeur A La Creme from the 1960s
We have a lot to celebrate this week; my YouTube channel has reached 5K subscribers (oh my gosh thank you so much!) and I've done another lap around the sun. One of the best ways to celebrate anything is by eating cake, one of my favourite past times and something I am pretty good at … Continue reading Baking a Vintage Pineapple Upside-Down Cake from the 1950s
The 70's were a wild time, especially culinary speaking where it was adding the weird and wonderful (mainly into a jelly mould and calling it a day) presented on our tables. When I was deciding what decades-old dining experience to share with you all, I wasn't sure what to make until I saw the Banana … Continue reading Making a Vintage Banana Spook Cake – Vintage Cooking Adventures
Vintage Cooking Adventures It's officially the greatest month of the year which means there will be a pumpkin on every flat surface of my house, cinnamon in every cup of tea I drink and spicy candles lit all day long. It's also the month of listening to the Rocky Horror soundtrack, watching Over the Garden … Continue reading Making Halloween Triple Treat Parfait from 1977
Anzac Day is an important day for anyone in Australia and New Zealand; it is a national day of remembrance that commemorates all those "who served and died in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served". Held on the 25th of April each year, Anzac … Continue reading Making ANZAC biscuits from 1914
I have a weird love for vintage magazines and I really enjoy reading the ones I own and will most likely pick up a few more as time rolls on. Last year, I found the April edition of New Idea from 1958 which was an Easter special edition claiming to have some amazing Easter recipes. … Continue reading Making Snow Eggs from 1958 – Vintage Cooking Adventure
I have a soft spot for a good soup; growing up, every day my mother had a fresh type of soup ready when we got home from school and even though I can never make my own taste as good as hers, I love making soup. Soup is comforting and perfect for a cosy meal; … Continue reading Making Potato and Leek Soup from 1958
A brand new season of The Marvellous Mrs Maisel is upon us so to celebrate, I thought we'd head back into the kitchen and whip up some of Midge's famous Latkes. We all know that Midge's brisket, which we've already made and tried, is somewhat of it's own character but Midge does state that she … Continue reading Making the Official Mrs Maisel Latkes
https://youtu.be/0GLWaDAx8V4 When we strap on our aprons and head out on a vintage cooking adventure, we often make some sort of delicious baked good; this year for Valentine's I thought I'd try something a little bit different. As I was going for a bit of a surf on the web (do people still say that … Continue reading Making Vintage Valentine’s Tea from 1947
I'm sure we've all heard the news about the passing of the great Betty White; this iconic woman has been apart of my life and television viewing since I was young so I was very upset to hear about her shuffling off the mortal coil. 2021 just could not go quietly could it? I wanted … Continue reading Making Betty White’s Chicken Wings Bake
You didn't think I would only do one vintage Christmas recipe this year did you? Oh no my love, this year, we are doing two! https://youtu.be/-p_s83g4OAg As i was glitter crashing from my wedding around Christmas time last year, I didn't release a video (only a blog) of any vintage cooking adventures so I thought … Continue reading Tomato Soup Christmas Cake – Vintage Cooking Adventures
Is this really where my life has lead me to? A giant mayonnaise snow man? I think I took a wrong turn somewhere... https://youtu.be/gf6k9MI7QNE Well it's time for another dose of vintage cooking adventures and to celebrate the start of the festive season, we will be making a 1960's Frosty The Slaw Man which is … Continue reading Frosty The Slaw Man – Vintage Christmas Cooking Adventures
After how much I enjoyed the last brisket we made together, I thought it's only fair if we do it all over again but this time use a 1950's recipe. Every decade has foods that become trendy, I know we have all been bombarded by avocado toast and Nutella and the 50's were no different. … Continue reading Making a 1950’s Coca Cola Brisket
It's officially spooky season and every year I try to whip up a vintage Halloween themed recipe because I like to do weird things. Some years we have success and other years ... not so much. I haven't attempted a vintage recipe in a little while and I've been wanting to try a few strange … Continue reading I tried making Vintage Jack-O-Lantern Salad
WE GOT THE RABI!! It's been a while since I last tested out a vintage recipe and although I have a whole list of things I will one day cook, today I was inspired by none other than the Marvellous Mrs Maisel and I decided to try out her famous brisket. In the show, the … Continue reading I made the official Mrs Maisel’s famous Brisket