Recipes

The Celebration Buffet

10/4/2023

The Celebration Buffet is a treasured menu in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. We look forward to it at a variety of events, from baby showers to weddings! If you're from here you know it well, if not, you might want to offer it at your next event, enjoy!

Spaghetti Squash with Fresh Marinara

9/7/2023

We've got a classic summer recipe for you today, Spaghetti Squash! It's delicious with just garlic and olive oil and with fresh marinara sauce. You can customize the sauce to your taste as well: add red pepper flakes, fresh basil, granulated onion, spinach, cannelloni beans, whatever you like!

Three Zucchini Recipes

8/9/2023

Zucchini is absolutely taking over our garden, so we're bringing back 3 recipes from the very beginning of "In the Kitchen with Mary Mac." They're super easy to make AND will use up a lot of zucchini, so give them a try and let us know what you think!

Loaded Baked Potato Salad

6/1/2023

We've got another salad for you this week, but this time it's a potato salad! Specifically a Loaded Baked Potato Salad, and it is delicious! You can even make it vegan if you like by using vegan mayo and sour cream, Follow Your Heart vegan cheese, and our recipe for Smoky Pecans as a substitute for bacon bits. Enjoy!

Chicken Meatballs

5/5/2023

These chicken meatballs are delicious and super easy to make. You can serve them with pasta, in a meatball sandwich, topped with cheese and sauce, or make some awesome Chicken Parm Stuffed Mushrooms! Enjoy!

Zucchini Fritters

2/24/2023

Do you still have a bunch of zucchini in your freezer, but are tired of making desserts? Try out these Zucchini Fritters! You can easily make them vegan or gluten free, and serve them with your favorite condiments. Enjoy!

Haluski

12/30/2022

It's a new year's tradition to eat cabbage and pork, so here's Mary Mac's recipe for Haluski, a delicious dish that's a perfect side or entree! It's also easy to make it dairy-free by using plant butter, and you can make it vegan by using eggless noodles and leaving out the add-ins. Happy New Year!

Bacon-Wrapped Smoked Sausage

6/30/2022

Whether you have a party planned for upcoming holidays or you just love bacon as much as we do, this recipe for bacon-wrapped smoked sausage is definitely one to try out. It's a very easy to follow recipe, and you can use the directions to wrap all sorts of things in bacon, from chicken to bacon-wrapped bacon! (well maybe not that last one)

Buffalo Dips

5/19/2022

Memorial Day is just around the corner, and so are summer cookouts, potlucks, and picnics. We gave you a surefire picnic dessert recipe 2 weeks ago, so now here's one of our favorite party appetizer recipes to go with it! You've likely had Buffalo Chicken Dip before, but if you haven't made it we wrote down the instructions for you. Mary Mac also figured out a way to make it vegan using jackfruit, and it's just as delicious!

Maple Pecans

12/1/2021

Do you have some extra pecans after making bourbon bacon pecan pie a couple weeks ago? Do you also love trail mix? Then we have the perfect recipes for you, Spiced Pecans and Smoky Pecans! They're very quick to make, and since you can make it well ahead of time it's the perfect snack food for holiday parties (or just while watching tv). Try making some spiced or smoky pecans/cashews of your own and let us know what you think!