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Bringing the food, fashion, and decor of the Mid Century to today through a delightful blog.
Welcome to Amanda's Atomic Home
Welcome! I am Amanda Kennedy, an avid Mid Century Lover! I started this blog to share the recipes I recently discovered at an Estate Sale. I hope you enjoy discovering these recipes as much as I do!
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Meringue Crust
What an interesting and different pie! The filling for the pie is very similar to what you would find in a traditional lemon meringue...
Jan 132 min read
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Cooked Pumpkin
I have made probably hundreds of pumpkin pies over the years. They all usually follow the same vein. Same basic spices, same basic...
Jan 101 min read
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Not Much Lemon
This was another recipe that I served for my Christmas breakfast. I was really hoping for a strong lemon flavor. Or a strong pumpkin...
Jan 92 min read
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The Perfect Fruit Dip
I used this recipe for my Fruit Salad Supreme I talked about yesterday. The recipe makes a lot of dip. Way more than I used to fill my...
Jan 81 min read
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Fancy Fruit Salad
Every year for Christmas I do a big spread for breakfast. I like to have a variety of sweet and savory options. And always some kind of...
Jan 71 min read
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Special Beans
Growing up we didn’t eat a lot of vegetables. We mostly had canned peas, canned corn, or canned green beans. As an adult, I must say I...
Jan 61 min read
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Creamy and Delicious
I used this recipe to ice my Cinnamon Rolls I spoke of yesterday. I know cinnamon rolls usually have a very simple and basic...
Jan 31 min read
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Fabulous Rolls
I read a lot. Usually two or three books a week. Mostly detective or murder mysteries. I have been reading a book series lately where the...
Jan 22 min read
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Delicious Fruit Bread
I was making something breakfast like for my husband to take into his office for the holidays. I had already made scones, which tend to...
Jan 12 min read
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Quite Unexceptional
If you don’t mind the flavor of canned stuff, you will like this dish. I think that was my biggest issue with this recipe. There was...
Dec 27, 20241 min read
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Flavorful Noodles
I really don’t know why people don’t make their own pasta all the time. It really isn’t that hard. And it tastes so much better than...
Dec 26, 20241 min read
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Fancy And Impressive
I have always wanted to make one of these. I just never seemed to have the time or the reason to make one. Now that I have made my first,...
Dec 25, 20244 min read
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A Little Bland
I do love a good coffee cake. I love cake in general, so the idea of a breakfast cake makes me smile. I don’t always make a yeast based...
Dec 24, 20242 min read
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Custard Sauce
I see a lot of recipes for hard sauce. I don’t think this is something one sees all that often any more. At least I didn’t think so. But...
Dec 23, 20241 min read
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Strange Apple Crisp
I have seen a lot of “Betty” recipes as I have gone through the recipe cards and cookbooks from the mid century. I wasn’t quite sure what...
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Meat and Vegetables
Round steak can be a tough meat. It is great for roasts though. Low and slow cooking is definitely the right way to handle a round steak....
Dec 17, 20242 min read
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Cheesy Tuna
That’s right, I said cheesy tuna. Mid Century cooks seemed to add cheese to fish all the time. This seems like a strange thing to me. I...
Dec 13, 20241 min read
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Tangy Eggplant
We seem to eat a lot of eggplant in our house. We grow it in the garden, so I guess that makes sense. When I was planning my menu for my...
Dec 12, 20242 min read
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Lamb Roullettes
I am a big fan of lamb. I always have been. I know some people don’t care for it. I think because if you don’t cook it right it can be a...
Dec 11, 20242 min read
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Potato Dumplings
I wanted a challenge. I make pasta all the time. I very rarely buy store bought pasta anymore. But I have never made gnocchi. I thought...
Dec 10, 20242 min read
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