Herself's Recipes

2/3 cup couscous
1 cup water
1 T honey

1/4 t cinnamon
6 dates diced
1/2 cup pistachio nuts

Bring the water to a boil, add honey, and couscous and cook until water is absorbed and couscous is tender.

Add diced dates, tangerines, pistachios and cinnamon. Stir.

Serve at room temperature. Serves 2 as breakfast, dessert or a side dish.

Couscous is a staple food in Northern Africa. It’s made from crushed wheat semolina. It’s as easy to cook as rice, faster and can be used in place of rice or pasta in many recipes.

Grandma’s Cheese Pudding

1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
3 eggs
6 slices bread
1/4 cup butter
2 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp salt

Trim bread and slice into quarters.
Alternate layers of bread and cheese in buttered baking dish ending with cheese.
Combine eggs and milk and salt.
Pour egg-milk-salt combination over the bread and the cheese.
Bake at 325′ for 35 mins.

Puddings were originally meat puddings. These slowly gave way to the sweeter thicker puddings that are common today. Cheese pudding is usually a side dish at breakfast.

This was a handwritten recipe I found in an old recipe box of my Grandmothers.