The Dairy Good Cookbook

Get the Recipe: Cajun Mac and Cheese
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 2 large yellow onions, finely diced (about 2 cups)
- 2 cups finely diced bell peppers, 2 cups
- 1 cup slice Andouille sausage
- 4 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pound bow-tie pasta, cooked according to package directions
- 1/4 cup sliced green onions
Instructions
- Melt the butter in an extra large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add onions and bell peppers and cook until vegetables begin to soften, 5 to 6 minutes.
- Add the sausage and cook for another 5-6 minutes or until the vegetables are soft and the sausage begins to brown.
- Pour in the heavy cream and increase the heat to high.
- Bring to a boil, then turn the heat to low and simmer until the cream has thickened slightly, about 5 minutes.
- Add the cheese and stir until melted and combined.
- Season with salt and black pepper.
- Add the cooked pasta and stir until all ingredients are well combined and the pasta is coated with sauce.
- Serve immediately topped with a sprinkling of green onions.
Recipe courtesy of The Dairy Good Cookbook, Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
When I was done reading this book I didn’t just walk away with a belly full of delicious Cajun mac and cheese and a handsome cookbook to add to my stash. I walked away with a whole new respect for our nation’s 47,000+ dedicated dairy farmers. They work so hard to bring us that delicious creamy yogurt, gooey cheese, fresh butter, and the list goes on.
This cookbook left me satisfied, educated, enlightened and feeling like I had just come from visiting the dairy farm! Well done, dairy farmers!
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Your recipe sounds delicous.
My favorite is homemade Mac & Cheese. My whole family loves it.
Thanks so much.
Homemade pizza stone pizza with a mozzarella filled crust and loaded with lots of cheese. My kids enjoy learning how it’s done and eating the results.
one of my kids fav dishes is a taco dip made with cottage cheese and cream cheese , now they make it for there family
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I always love to try new recipes
My favorite is a sour cream cheese potato casserole that my Grandmother cooked often. We still fix one every now and then.
The dish that celebrates my love for dairy is my ham and cheese casserole. I also add plenty of green and red peppers, mushrooms and a lot of herbs and spices.
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Is there really anything better than homemade ice cream? When I was a kid in the 5th grade, I had it for the first time. My class made it as a science experiment. It was and still is the best vanilla ice cream I have ever had in my life.
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My mother’s homemade baked macaroni and cheese topped with whole plum tomatoes, which now is a family favorite.
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My dad made pancakes for us every weekend. We still use his recipe today. Here it is:
1 c. flour (I use half all purpose & half whole wheat)
1 T. sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
(whisk all together)
3 Tbsp melted butter
1 c. milk
1 egg
(whisk all together in a separate bowl)
Stir wet into dry and cook as usual.
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My wife’s grandmother makes a really good mexican hot chocolate aka champurrado, it’s tradition in our family to have it during Christmas time
We always make buffalo chicken dip for our family parties.
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My grandmother makes every holiday a homemade mashed potatoes by dicing her potatoes using lots of shredded cheese some milk
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Mom’s Sweet Vidalia Onion Pie would be the recipe for this!
My cajun chicken pasta is my favorite and it started with me and will definitely be handed down
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We love to make homemade cheesecake my grandmother used to make and pass it on to us
my favorite dairy recipe that is passed down from my family is my grandma’s creamy cottage cheese and we make this every fourth of July for breakfast
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I have a family mac and cheese recipe but this is a new way I want to try our favorite dish.
We love to make cheesecake and the recipe has been passed down from my great grand mother through the generations.
For every special occasion my family requests my mini chocolate cheesecakes with cherries. I taught my daughter-in-law how to make them and now her family requests them also.
I like making enchiladas because of all the cheese I put in them.
My mom cooked the basics for my dad…meat and potatoes, nothing special or fancy. At some point as I got older, I became the mashed potato maker at thanksgiving. Everyone said how they liked my potatoes (perhaps in was the work involved in peeling and mashing that no one else wanted to do, or perhaps it was the addition of just the right amount of milk and butter. So, still nothing fancy and for about 40 years now, my specialty remains mashed potatoes.
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I enjoy making homemade macaroni and cheese. It’s always a hit at holiday dinners and this recipe was passed down from my mother-in-law.
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I love dairy in anything! but my very favorite way to have it is in a milkshake!! Any and all flavors. I just LOVE milkshakes 🙂 this is special to me because it was always a special treat that my mom would make or that we’d get when we’d go out together 🙂
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I love to make my grandmothers strawberry cheecake. We have always made that during the summer time
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We have a meal that is called white sauce meal that we have passed down through generations.
my fav is me mom’s lasagna
We love making Pimiento cheese dip. Every year when the family gets together someone from the family makes the dip and adds their special touch to it.
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Ever since my parents bought me a waffle iron for Christmas, I feel in love with making homemade waffles. It’s now been a favorite in the family for YEARS!
When I lived in Wisconsin, we visited the Wisconsin State Fair every year primarily for the cream puffs that were served in the dairy building. Cream puffs filled with sweetened whipped cream, and dusted with confectioner’s sugar-simply the best!
My dish would be lasagna with ricotta cheese. My grandma used to make this on special occasions like birthdays and holidays. Although she passed away 5 years ago, it reminds me so much of the great family celebrations we had with her when she still was alive. I still make her recipe on birthdays.
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I like to make creamy fennel soup that was passed down from my grandmother to mom to me!
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I have a delicious recipe for ham and potato soup that a friend gave to me. It is very easy and the great thing about it is that you can add additional ingredients, more ham, potatoes, etc and it still turns out great.
Combine 3 1/2 cups peeled and diced potatoes, 1/3 cup diced celery, 1/3 cup finely chopped onion, 3/4 cup diced cooked ham and 3 1/4 cups water in a stockpot. Bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules, salt and pepper to taste. In a separate saucepan, melt 5 tablespoons butter over medium-low heat. Whisk in 5 tablespoons all purpose flour with a fork, and cook, stirring constantly until thick, about 1 minute. Slowly stir in 2 cups milk as not to allow lumps. Continue stirring over medium-low heat until thick, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir the milk mixture into the stockpot, and cook soup until heated through. Serve immediately.
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I started to make a chocolate cheesecake for dessert at family holidays years ago and everyone requests it all the time. It’s become a kind of tradition.
I love Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with Herbs, Cherry Tomatoes, and Fresh Mozzarella. Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
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my mother in law makes the best banana pudding. It is a family favorite.
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My favorite would have to be my mom’s pumpkin cheesecake! She includes it at every holiday meal, and it is something everyone looks forward to.
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I enjoy making homemade ice-cream for my family. We all love it!
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I would help my Mom would make tapioca pudding for us as a special treat and now I make that same recipe for my family.
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When I was a kid, I used to help my grandma cook and bake a lot. I learned so much from her! One of her best, and my favorite, recipes was for her creamy wild rice soup. Heavy cream and milk made it so creamy and delicious!
I love finding new recipes. I try not to order the same thing at the same restaurant while out to eat because I love a variety and I like my food cooked different ways. Love new recipe books. This recipe I don’t have and it sounds delicious. I pinned it. Thanks for sharing.
My sister and I had tweaked our holiday baked macaroni and cheese recipe for years until I finally perfected it in 2010 through various merges of our family traditional recipe and another recipe’s method that I had found. I love cookbooks and would love to have this one! I especially love cookbooks with colorful pictures and creative recipes.
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Mine is simple but always reminds me of my mom: hot cocoa. She’d whip up hot milk with Hershey’s cocoa and a spoonful of sugar. So good and easy! And great topped with whipped cream and marshmallows 😉
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My family loves cherry cheese pie. I am the one that started making it, now we rarely have a holiday without it.
My peanut butter cheesecake is a hit every holiday season with my family; I always make it.
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We have a cream cheese pound cake recipe that has become a family standard and favorite. My dad was first to make it and I also make it on occasion. This super rich cake has a whopping 6 eggs in it and 2 full sticks of butter! As kids, my siblings and I loved this cake and now our chilren have grown to love it as well to the point that they fight over who’s going to get the last piece.
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A recipe that has been passed down to me in my family is ham & cheese crepes, they are just so delicious and can be frozen!
Recipe as follows
• 2/3 cup cold water
• 2/3 cup plus 4 to 6 tablespoons cold milk, divided
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
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• 1 to 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 8 thin slices deli ham
• 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
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• • In a blender, combine the water, 2/3 cup of milk, flour, eggs, butter and salt. Cover and process until smooth. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Add remaining milk if batter is too thick.
• • Heat a lightly greased 8-in. nonstick skillet over medium heat; pour 3 tablespoons batter into the center of skillet. Lift and tilt pan to coat bottom evenly. Cook until top appears dry; turn and cook 15-20 seconds longer. Remove to a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter, greasing skillet as needed. When cool, stack crepes with waxed paper or paper towels in between. Cover and freeze for up to 3 months. Yield: 16 crepes.
• • To use frozen crepes: Thaw 8 crepes in the refrigerator for about 2 hours. Spread each with mustard; top with a slice of ham and sprinkle with cheese. Roll up tightly.
• • Place in a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 10-14 minutes or until heated through.
My favorite recipe is my Nana’s lemon meringue pie…it’s so flavorful but light. My Nana used to make it every November for my Daddys birthday (17th) and my grandfather’s (24th) as their “cake”. It was a dessert that symbolized happiness and love. So when my Nana passed away I start making it for my Dad to give him that piece of his mom.
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I grew up in Hong Kong and one of the famous dessert is custard tart. The silky custard is made with whole milks, eggs, sugar; all baked in a buttery crust. My Aunt make this tart every year at our Christmas family gathering and I make it for my kids from time to time at home. It’s probably my favorite dessert to enjoy.
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A dish I have always loved was cheese stuffed Italian shells. My mom always used cottage cheese instead of ricotta. I liked it so much, I would request it for my birthday dinner as a kid!
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A dish that has meaning for me is cauliflower au gratin. It was the first recipe I ever made by myself, and my parents loved it!
we love making cheesecake , my mom also used to make,it’s just like our family traditions
we love making cheesecake , my mom also used to make,it’s just like our family traditions
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We always have sweet potato gratin for holiday get-together. It is a family tradition dish that has been passed down through the generations.
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I love dairy – I learned how to make Chicago style deep dish pizzas (in a cast iron skillet is my favorite way) and I make it with extra extra cheese. This type of pizza reminds my husband of growing up in Chicago!
i just love food and this blog ..thank you for sharing 🙂
OMG!!! So I’m not weird! Finally somebody like me that is obsessed with cookbooks! I love it!❤️
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My mother made tomato gravy to serve over her homemade biscuits. Hope you will enjoy it. Tomato Gravy
5-6 slices streak-o-lean
3 T. all purpose flour
14 oz. can diced tomatoes, with juice
1 C. plus, milk (or more)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/8 tsp. sugar
In a skillet fry streak-o-lean slices. Remove to paper towel to drain. Pour off all but 3 Tbs grease. Stir in flour and heat on medium high heat for about 1 minute to make a roux.. Add the canned tomatoes with juice and stir. Stir in the milk starting with 1 cup and as it thickens add more to reach your desired consistency, keeping in mind it will thicken more as it cools. Season with salt, pepper and sugar. Serve over hot biscuits.
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One of our family favorite recipes is stuffed pasta shells. I got this recipe clear back in high school in a food service class and to this day the whole family still makes them.
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I make a cake with a cream puff crust, pudding and then whipped topping
It came out great! Delicious!
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My favorite is buttermilk pancakes
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My grandmother (dad’s mother) family made chicken that took thin pieces of chicken and marinated them in eggs (beaten), grated romano cheese, garlic, parsley, nutmeg, salt, and pepper over night. The next day you dip them in bread crumbs and fry them in oil. They are delish. Everyone that taste them wants the recipe.
We love making our families tradition of potato and cheese pierogies, we make them every holiday, brings the family together in the kitchen.
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My Mom made the best Hush Puppies when I was growing up. She got the recipe from her Mom, and I also made them when I was growing up, and now make them with my daughter! We use buttermilk in my Hush Puppies, and they are so delicious!
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My mom’s turkey meat lasagna is a recipe that we’ve enjoyed for years. When I got married, she included the recipe in a box for me to try out in my new home.
I love dairy!!
This recipe celebrates our love for dairy and includes cows milk and cheese. We found it online and we love to have it on Sunday mornings a few times a month. These breakfast meals are meaningful to us because we enjoy a wonderful meal together and great family time. bacon and eggs casserole recipe
Ingredients
4 bacon strips
18 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
1/4 cup sliced green onions
1 to 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Directions
In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towel to drain.
In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add milk, cheese, sour cream, onions, salt and pepper.
Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Crumble bacon and sprinkle on top. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand for 5 minutes. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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Growing up, my grandma lived in Georgia and when I was little, the first recipe she taught me to make was cheesy mashed potatoes with whole milk. We make these potatoes every Christmas in honor of her. Over the years, our family has modified the recipe by adding bacon or garlic to the potatoes, but they are still as cheesy as ever.
Well, I have never made this recipe myself but my grandfather made the most delicious peach ice cream which his mom made before him. My mom makes it now(though not as good as Papaw’s)
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Our families favorite tradition when it comes to making a recipe, is making homemade potato and cheese pierogies, we make them every holiday! Awesome way to celebrate too, they are so delicious.
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