Mennonite Community Cookbook: Favorite Family Recipes

This “grandmother of all Mennonite cookbooks” brings a touch of Mennonite culture and hospitality to any home that delights in good cooking. The 65th Anniversary Edition retains all of the original recipes and adds new color photography and a brief history.
I rely on my pantry when it comes to trying a new recipe and I look for recipes that only take ingredients I would normally stock in my pantry. This Mennonite Community Cookbook by Dr. Mary Emma Showalter has just that. She highlights a simple cooking style with this collection of old-fashion Mennonite recipes, while mixing in some traditional values and food history.

All the recipes in this cookbook come from over 125 women located in Mennonite communities throughout the United States and Canada. All the recipes remind me of how my mother and grandmother taught me how to cook. Not with fancy pre-packaged food, but with ingredients that were always stocked in their pantry. Using produce and meat that was raised right on the farm to make good old-fashion hearty meals. My kind of cooking!

If you love to cook with common ingredients, and want to provide healthy hearty meals for your family, I would highly recommend Mennonite Community Cookbook by Dr. Mary Emma Showalter.