https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 30 Oct 2026 05:16:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-489111 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:34:09 +0000 LindsayInNY 489111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK - I heard cocoa powder or dark chocolate in Chili too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-489110 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:34:04 +0000 JoJoGirl 489110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: Haha! We had our 'traditions' in my house... CPK on Sunday nights.. Japanese on Friday nights... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-489100 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:31:00 +0000 tororojo 489100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: My mom is good at that as well! The people at the pizza place down the street knew her by name and order...like to the extent that I once left a message for her there when I couldn't get in touch with her (pre-cell phone era), knowing she'd be calling them for dinner. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-489066 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:24:24 +0000 JoJoGirl 489066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, it's called "ordering out". ;) (My mom was never much of a cook!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-489062 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:22:53 +0000 PastaAndPotato 489062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yup - its for escarole soup (italian wedding soup, some places) - its my great-aunt's recipe and i think i may be the only one who knows it other than her (which is funny, because this is the only recipe that she is stingy with)</p> <p>oh, and a not-so-secret-secret - we all put cream cheese in our mashed potatoes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-489012 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:09:10 +0000 heffalump 489012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No secrets. We're all about sharing food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-488996 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:04:13 +0000 lovehoneybee 488996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd like to be able to have a book of recipes to pass down to my kids/grandkids, but I'm such a bad recipe cook...I'll have to start taking notes when I cook, because my method of cooking is to throw things in a pan and see what happens, lol. Even things I make a lot are a bit different every time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-488984 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:01:37 +0000 Alivoo01 488984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, but my dad cooks everything by taste so I can't replicate pretty much all his recipes since I need actual measurements. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-488936 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:48:14 +0000 T.H.O.U. 488936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cool ideas! </p> <p>We have a couple of family recipes but they aren't secret. However, if you tried to read the recipe you probably couldn't make it because you have to learn how to make it well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-488853 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:26:13 +0000 .twist. 488853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do!</p> <p>Unfortunately, I don't know how to spell or say it... but it's kind of like a home made butterscotch... except... it's best served on toast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-488850 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:25:35 +0000 loveisstrange 488850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. :) My mom makes this amazing baked mac n cheese. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-488848 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:25:07 +0000 MrsBrewer 488848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope :-( Everyone pretty much gives everyone recipes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-any-secret-family-recipes#post-488845 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:24:33 +0000 lovehoneybee 488845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Much to my disappointment, I do not. The only "secret" (pertaining to food) in my family is that my father puts cocoa powder in his spaghetti sauce (which I do as well). </p>