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Traditional Recipes, Comfort Food, & Tasty Drinks

A recipe and food blog that focuses on classic recipes and works on finding the history and heritage of traditional dishes. Our deep dives are meant to enrich your kitchen, mind, and spirit!

Trending Recipes

Classic cocktails and traditional comfort recipes are hitting the spot right now. These are great recipes because they either help you Do it Yourself, are great traditional recipes, or are tasty comfort dishes.

  • Pile of lefse from this lefse recipe on a dark plate with a knife and a spoonful of sugar.
    Lefse Recipe Using Real Potatoes - A Norwegian Tradition
  • A bowl of Knoephla Soup with parsley sprinkled on top and french bread in the background
    Knoephla Soup Recipe
  • Salisbury steak on a plate with mashed potatoes and green beans.
    Homemade Salisbury Steak With Mushroom Gravy

Memorial Day Recipes

Celebrate this unofficial start of Summer with a delicious cookout and tasty warm weather recipes.

  • Five brats in buns and topped with onions and mustard.
    Best Brats on the Grill
  • Rancharoni Macaroni in a large white dish and wooden spoon in it.
    Rancharoni Macaroni Salad
  • Frozen Strawberry Margarita with Cointreau and strawberries in the background.
    The Best Frozen Strawberry Margarita
  • Four blackened shrimp skewers on a wood cutting board with cilantro sprinkled on top.
    Grilled Blackened Shrimp with Cilantro Lime Sauce

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Spring Recipes

Spring is a wonderful season that brings forth a bounty of fresh and vibrant ingredients to inspire your cooking. Check out these great Spring dishes and drinks!

  • One piece of rhubarb pie on a white plate.
    Homemade Rhubarb Pie
  • Pancetta Wrapped Bacon with a honey stick on a white plate.
    Pancetta Wrapped Asparagus with Orange Honey Glaze
  • Lemon Rhubarb Bar on a dark plate, sprinkled with powdered sugar, and a background of various bars on different plates.
    Lemon Rhubarb Bars
  • Two Raspberry Gin Smash Cocktails, garnished with mint, on a white table that has raspberries laid across it and a bottle of Chambord.
    Raspberry Gin Smash Cocktail

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Recent Recipes

These are some of our most recent recipes. New favorites for you to try today!

  • Four grilled chicken thighs with a Homemade BBQ Sauce Recipe.
    Blackberry Homemade BBQ Sauce Recipe on Grilled Chicken Thighs
  • greyhound cocktail recipe on wood platform with grapefruits
    Greyhound Cocktail - How To Make A Greyhound
  • Frozen Strawberry Margarita with Cointreau and strawberries in the background.
    The Best Frozen Strawberry Margarita
  • Four blackened shrimp skewers on a wood cutting board with cilantro sprinkled on top.
    Grilled Blackened Shrimp with Cilantro Lime Sauce
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I love learning about the most decadent classic recipes and the history behind them! We explore delicious recipes, the history behind them, and find ways to make the recipes our own! Of course, I share my recipes with you.

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German Recipes

I love German flavors and Fall is a perfect time to enjoy these recipes. Give these German recipes a try.

  • Three dampfnudel with strawberries on top.
    German Dampfnudel Sweet Dumplings
  • Kartoffelsalat in a bowl with a fork in one piece of a potato.
    Kartoffelsalat - German Potato Salad Swabian Style
  • Rouladen cut in half to reveal bacon and pickles, but is laying on a white plate with mashed potatoes and gravy.
    Rouladen Recipe - German Comfort Food
  • Maultaschen in two bowls of soup.
    Traditional German Maultaschen Recipe

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Comfort Food Recipes

Who doesn't love those foods that make you think of home cooking? People love comfort foods because they are tasty and harken to good times and a reminder of home.

  • Traditional Pasta Sauce Recipe served over Spaghetti noodles on a white plate with garlic bread and cheese on the side
    Traditional Homemade Italian Pasta Sauce Recipe
  • Two bowls of Caldo de Queso with oregano, pepper, and salt shown on the side.
    Caldo De Queso Recipe
  • Spicy Italian Meatloaf on a big platter with mashed potatoes and green beans.
    Spicy Italian Meatloaf
  • Corned Beef Hash on a white plate with a single sunny side up egg on top.
    Corned Beef Hash Recipe

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Winter Recipes

Settle in and enjoy Winter flavors and colors with these delicious cold weather recipes.

  • Cast iron tater tot hotdish on a wood table with some oregano.
    Easy Minnesota Tater Tot Hotdish without Canned Soup
  • Knöpfle dumplings, sauerkraut and sausage in a bowl.
    Stovetop Sauerkraut and Sausage with German Dumplings
  • A single crispy pork chop with a serving of the apple rice medley behind it.
    Baked Pork Chops and Rice With Apples
  • German Käsespätzle dumplings on a white plate with a casserole dish full of it to the side.
    Käsespätzle - German Cheesy Spaetzle

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Traditional Scandinavian Recipes

Part of my family comes from Norway and I love exploring this part of my food heritage. It also happens to be a big part of our holiday recipes, so I love sharing my family traditions.

  • Three Krumkake filled with whipped cream, blueberries, and raspberries that are laying on top of several unfilled ones that have been sprinkled with powdered sugar.
    Authentic Norwegian Krumkake Christmas Cookies
  • Stack of Swedish Pancakes Recipe on a white plate with Lingonberry jam, whipped cream, and powdered sugar on top.
    Swedish Pancakes Recipe - Pannkakor
  • 3 Klubb Dumplings with some of the ingredients in the background
    Klubb Recipe - Norwegian Potato Dumplings
  • Rømmegrøt in a white bowl that is on a wicker platter with a white cloth to the side.
    Rømmegrøt Recipe - Norwegian Comfort Food

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Classic Cocktails

We love a good cocktail and the classics are a great place to start.

  • Aperol Americano Cocktail with a white napkin and flower on the table.
    Aperol Americano Cocktail
  • Two Classic White Russian cocktails on a platter with a container of milk and a bottle of Kahlua
    Classic White Russian Recipe
  • Two Bloody Mary recipe cocktails with all of the fixings
    Classic Bloody Mary Recipe
  • Two Paloma Cocktail recipes made - one on a white table and the other on a silver platter.
    Paloma Cocktail Recipe with Fresh Grapefruit

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Hi, I am Ben Myhre! Ramshackle Pantry is about the most decadent classics and the history behind them! We explore delicious recipes, the history behind them, and find ways to make the recipes our own! Then, I share my recipes with you. Find out more about me and Ramshackle Pantry in the About page.

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Memorial Day Recipes

  • Extra Baconey Amish Broccoli Salad Recipe in a white bowl with a wooden spoon!
    Extra Baconey Amish Broccoli Salad Recipe
  • Mandarin orange salad in a white bowl.
    Classic Jello Mandarin Orange Salad
  • Fireball Whisky BBQ coated Grilled Chicken on a white plate.
    BBQ Spatchcock Grilled Chicken
  • Crab pasta salad in a white bowl on a gold platter.
    Crab Pasta Salad Recipe

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