My Recipe Box

From My Kitchen

FAVORITE FAMILY RECIPES

Recipes worth making. Stories worth keeping.

Welcome to My Recipe Box

I’ve always believed that some of the best recipes are the ones with a story attached to them — a dish your family asks for every year, a recipe clipped from a newspaper decades ago, or something you changed little by little until it became your own.

This is where I’m gathering those recipes from my kitchen: family favorites, old recipes worth keeping, breads and sourdough, cast-iron cooking, holiday dishes and whatever else earns a permanent place in my recipe box.

Stories Behind the Recipes

A Little Family History

Long before I had a kitchen of my own, cooking was part of our family story. Both sets of my grandparents owned restaurants, and some of my fondest memories began around their tables.

READ OUR FAMILY STORY →

Gathered From the Kitchen

From My Recipe Box

Browse my growing collection of favorite recipes. You’ll find old family treasures, everyday meals, holiday traditions and a few discoveries made along the way.

  • Old-fashioned peanut butter pie with creamy peanut butter filling in a pastry crust

    Mom Mom Marlin’s Famous Peanut Butter Pie

  • Homemade coconut cream pie with a golden crust and toasted coconut

    Mom Mom Marlin’s Coconut Cream Pie

  • Homemade purple sweet potato casserole with a golden walnut praline topping, a family Thanksgiving favorite known as the Purple People Eater.

    Mom’s Purple People Eater Casserole

  • Chicken Chimi Burritos

  • Roxie’s Famous Pizza Crust