It’s my mom’s birthday!
When I was little my mom was a daycare provider. At one time both of my parents were working at home and they had up to 12 kids plus their 4.
(Talk about CRAZY!!! I don’t know how she did it.)
With all of those kids, I’m sure meal time could have been filled with a lot of complaining. But I don’t remember it being that way.
When I was growing up there was this rule/motto that we had.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE IT YOU JUST HAVE TO EAT IT!
(This motto came from my mom’s side. My grandma and Grandpa used it with their six kids)
The parents of her daycare kids started asking for recipes because they couldn’t get them to eat healthy meals. She decided to make a cookbook. Filing it with favorites that have been ‘begged borrowed or stolen’.
(Photo of one of the original cookbooks)
One of our favorites recipes out of this book, is this pretzel salad.
I don’t think we ever had a thanksgiving or Christmas without it.
It’s one of those dishes that we never have any leftovers.
A couple of years ago we started making it with real whip cream because of an allergy (to the coconut oil). Talk about delicious! The only downfall is that the cream doesn’t stay as firm as the Cool Whip does… Who cares about that?… NO ONE!
The extra work is worth it if you have the time.
This salad is a legend! I love to use Sweet Grandmama's recipe and make it for my family, but I'll be honest: it NEVER TURNS OUT AS GOOD AS WHEN SWEET MAMA MAKES IT! My kids are notorious for asking whether Sweet Mama is bringing her pretzel salad along whenever we go to a family function. It's that good! And, yes, it's THAT much better than my own, even though we use the exact. same. recipe! Go figure!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Sweet Grandmama!
Have you tried it with the gluten free pretzels? Is this an option for someone who is eating gf?
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice thing to say, ;-) although I am of the opinion that anything taste better when someone else makes it... I do make it with gluten free pretzels. I don't recommend using the great value brand from Walmart. I used them last week, it tasted just fine, but they were really hard. In this case a little extra money is worth it!
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