MMMM Tonight it's about dessert!

When my mom was craving dessert, which didn't happen often, she one day pulled out a pudding recipe.  I had never had truly homemade pudding and one from Great Grandma Splonskowski definitely not.  So I helped mom make the homemade warm pudding and now each winter I crave the yummy recipe and attempt to make it just like Great Grandmas.

Chocolate Pudding
1c. milk
3/4tsp. sugar
1 3/4T. cornstarch
1 1/2T. sweetened cocoa
dash of salt
1 egg white
3T. milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Boil 1c. milk.  In a medium bowl add sugar, salt, cornstarch, cocoa, and egg white and mix well.  Add 3T. more milk to powder mixture.  When milk is boiled, mix slowly into mixture and constantly whisk mixture.  Put the mixture back into the kettle and boil for 1 minute.  Take off stove and add vanilla.  Pour into cups and serve immediately.


*NOTE:  You can also serve it cold as well.  This recipe only make 2c. pudding so if you are making this recipe for a family, I would double or triple it.

Soup Sundays

In our family you could always bet on chicken noodle soup for lunch following church on Sundays.  The tradition was started by both of my Grandma's, which each of their recipes being a bit different but equally amazing!  I always loved soup in winter but summer it was a bit hard to bear.

Well, winter finally came to Chicago so what a better recipe to make but chicken noodle soup and not just any noodle soup, but homemade rivel soup!

 

Rivel soup was always my favorite chicken noodle soup both my grandma's made.  Even my mom's was amazing!  We would always get to help them make the rivels (which I learned are hard to do so no wonder they asked us kids to help!).

I also ventured into making my chicken broth from a chicken, something I've never attempted before.

Recipe: (broth)
1 whole chicken
Water
Pepper
Salt
1 whole Onion
1 Carrot
1-2 stalks Celery
1 Bayleaf
Cinnamon (secret family ingredient)

(noodles/rivels)
2 eggs
1-2T. water
Flour

Directions:  Put whole chicken in large pot with a lot of water, covering most of the chicken.  Add in the bay leaf, onion, carrot, celery, and spices.  Boil chicken for ~3-4 hours or until chicken falls off bone.  Take chicken out of water when finished.  Taste broth and season with more spices if necessary.

 

My broth after the chicken was removed.

Mix the two eggs and water together.  Add flour until the dough is stiff.
Make dough into very small balls, the size of a pencil eraser.  Bring the broth to a boil and add in the rivels.  Cook until noodles are done.

Serve and Enjoy!!  It's best eaten with kuchen, especially prune :)

The finished product and oh so yummy!

Stayed tuned for recipes of what to do with the chicken as well as kuchen recipes!

So just like each Sunday eating with my family becoming closer together, the soup warmed my heart just like my family does.  I've learned that family recipes are not just about the tradition it has brought about with our family but the emotions that come with it.

Holiday vacation

Sorry everyone!  I just wanted to post a quick note saying that my blog is gone it's just that with all the family holidays etc... time has gotten away from me, but don't worry I'm starting up next week!  Stay tuned for homemade rivel soup!  It reminds me on Sunday dinners after church...

Happy New Year!