Today I'm trying 1950s recipes with Jen Chapin! We're cooking up some old fashioned dinners from the 1953 Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book. If you're feeling nostalgic or just looking for some 1950s dinner ideas, you've come to the right place.

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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:12 Menu 1 Irish Italian Spaghetti, Green Salad w/ French Dressing, Brownie Pudding
9:12 Menu 2 SweetSour Tuna, Buttered Carrots, Crispette Squares
17:40 Menu 3 Cheese Bunnies, Calico Salad Bowl, Apple Brown Betty
27:29 Book Talk Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook (1953)


FRENCH DRESSING (pg 340)
1tsp sugar
1/2tsp salt
1/2tsp dry mustard
1/2tsp paprika
dash cayenne
2Tbsp lemon juice
2Tbsp vinegar
1/2c vegetable oil

IRISHITALIAN SPAGHETTI (pg 179)
1 onion, chopped
2Tbsp oil
1lb ground beef
1tsp salt
1/2tsp chili powder
1/2tsp Tabasco sauce
1/4tsp pepper
Dash red pepper
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can tomato soup

BROWNIE PUDDING (pg 199)
1c flour
2tsp baking powder
3/4c granulated sugar
2Tbsp cocoa
1/2tsp salt
1/2c milk
1tsp vanilla
2Tbsp melted shortening
3/4c walnuts (I left these out!)
3/4c brown sugar
1/4c cocoa
1 3/4c hot water

SWEETSOUR TUNA (pg 288)
1 20oz can pineapple tidbits
2Tbsp butter
2/3c pineapple juice
2c green pepper strips
2Tbsp cornstarch
1 chicken boullion cube
1c boiling water
2tsp soy sauce
2Tbsp vinegar
1/3c sugar
2c tuna, drained and flaked (I used 3 5oz cans)

CRISPETTE SQUARES (pg 194)
1/4c shortening
1/2c brown sugar
1c flour
dash salt
1c brown sugar
2 eggs
1tsp vanilla
1/4tsp salt
1c shredded sweetened coconut
1c chopped walnuts
1c crisp rice cereal


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