Category: Vegetables

Clearly Midwestern 1950’s Spaghetti Sauce

SO CLOSE to being a good recipe. I know why that ingredient was added, but Grandma Rachel…no. Vintage Recipe card for spaghetti sauce.

Once you see it, you’ll know an Italian grandmama was nowhere NEAR this recipe. That said, I guarantee this was the height of fancy cooking for a 1950’s housewife in the upper midwest. Forgive them, for they know not what they do.

Grandma Rachel and her Midwestern Midcentury Spaghetti Sauce – photo credit Grans Kitchen Table
Spaghetti Sauce Recipe Card – Grandma Rachel

Smooth pasta sauces tended to be preferred in my grandma’s set. Instead of blending some of the tomatoes to get a smoother consistency, and to make it more familiar to the Dakotan palate, condensed tomato soup was usually added.

I apologize, but my mom was barely born when this recipe was put to paper.

Just the Recipe – Vintage Midwest Spaghetti Sauce from the 1950’s

One interesting thing I noticed while going through my Grandma’s recipes. Over time, especially in the past 15 years, companies have reduced the sizes of products. Example: The “typical” can of tuna that was 6.5 ounces in Grandma’s day, is either 5 or 5.5 ounces now. Hence why I use my sister site to post just the recipe, so I can make allowances for any changes or substitutions needed to account for modern adjustments to measurements and food availability.

Enjoy!

Grandma’s Lime Salad Recipe

Also known as Green Church Salad. Old recipe from the 1950’s.

A common salad you would see at every church potluck in the Lutheran/Methodist Midwest.

Lime Salad – photo credit Grans Kitchen Table
Just the Recipe – Lime Jello Salad – Vintage
Just the Recipe Lime Jello Salad

One interesting thing I noticed while going through my Grandma’s recipes. Over time, especially in the past 15 years, companies have reduced the sizes of products. Example: The “typical” can of tuna that was 6.5 ounces in Grandma’s day, is either 5 or 5.5 ounces now. Hence why I use my sister site to post just the recipe, so I can make allowances for any changes or substitutions needed to account for modern adjustments to measurements and food availability.

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Grandma Lola’s Lemon Salad Recipe

Old School Jello Salad recipe card from wayyyy back in the day.

This was a popular picnic recipe. What mid-century table didn’t have a jello salad of some kind?

Grandma’s Lemon Salad – Photo Credit Grands Kitchen Table
Just the Recipe Lemon Jello Salad – Vintage
Just the Recipe at Chef Goddess

One interesting thing I noticed while going through my Grandma’s recipes. Over time, especially in the past 15 years, companies have reduced the sizes of products. Example: The “typical” can of tuna that was 6.5 ounces in Grandma’s day, is either 5 or 5.5 ounces now. Hence why I use my sister site to post just the recipe, so I can make allowances for any changes or substitutions needed to account for modern adjustments to measurements and food availability.

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Grandma’s Waldorf Salad Recipe

My Grandma’s 1950’s recipe for Waldorf Salad.

A mid-century classic, found at every church potluck table.

Waldorf Salad Recipe Card – photo credit Grans Kitchen Table
Just the Recipe Waldorf Salad
Just the Recipe for this Waldorf Salad

One interesting thing I noticed while going through my Grandma’s recipes. Over time, especially in the past 15 years, companies have reduced the sizes of products. Example: The “typical” can of tuna that was 6.5 ounces in Grandma’s day, is either 5 or 5.5 ounces now. Hence why I use my sister site to post just the recipe, so I can make allowances for any changes or substitutions needed to account for modern adjustments to measurements and food availability.

Grandma’s 1950’s Tuna Salad

This was a common lunch served from her mid-century galley kitchen. Always with a side of veggies, generally green beans or a salad. Pop wasn’t allowed at her table, no ma’am. We drank a big frosty glass of milk and another glass of water with every meal.

Tuna Salad Recipe Card – photo credit Grans Kitchen Table

One interesting thing I noticed while going through my Grandma’s recipes. Over time, especially in the past 15 years, companies have reduced the sizes of products. Example: The “typical” can of tuna that was 6.5 ounces in Grandma’s day, is either 5 or 5.5 ounces now. Hence why I use my sister site to post just the recipe, so I can make allowances for any changes or substitutions needed to account for modern adjustments to measurements and food availability.

Just the Recipe – 1950’s Tuna Salad
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