Do you guys have recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation? I do! I have a bunch of German and Bulgarian recipes that have come from my Omi and Papa. Omi is from Germany and is filled to the brim with great recipes from her mom and from her mom’s mom. I guess that would be my great great grandma? Maybe? You do the math and let me know. Papa has tons of great Bulgarian recipes that are literally out of this world. I love everything that comes out of their kitchen and each time I go back to visit, I come home with index cards full of new recipes that I can’t wait to try out in my own kitchen.
I think it’s so important to keep these recipes going. Some of them are so simple, like Omi’s sautéed potatoes with onions. I mean there really isnít anything to it, but it’s the way she does them and how she makes sure that the potatoes get extra crispy on the bottom so they have a golden brown crust. Oh, I just love them. My sister and I will fight over who gets the last serving; they are always just so good!
When Kikkoman approached me to participate and learn about their product I jumped at the chance. I love learning about companies that go way back and have such strong people working for them. I watched a quick documentary directed by Lucy Walker, an Academy Award Nominated Filmmaker entitled Make Haste Slowly. It is a documentary on Kikkoman and everything that goes into making this sauce that we all love and what struck me the most was how much everyone that works at the company loves it. You could see in their employees eyes what Kikkoman has done for them. It’s like they have made their entire lives better.
It’s these kinds of reactions and responses that make me want to support a company even more. The last frame of the documentary was one for the books too! You should watch it so you know what I’m talking about, but it literally brought a tear to my eye. It’s always so amazing to see someone who believes so much in his or her employer. Especially these days, when so many people aren’t passionate about their jobs and just plug away because it’s what they have to do.
A little background on Kikkoman, because as something we all use all the time, on countless different recipes, I think it’s important that we know the background of the company! Kikkoman is a family run company that’s been in business for over 300 years!! And the best part about it, besides the fact that they make awesome soy sauce, is that women started it. Something that was not common when they started 300 years ago.
So in honor of Kikkoman and their family creed, I wanted to share Omi’s potato recipe. It’s nothing complicated, but it’s a recipe that has been passed down from generation to generation, similar to the Kikkoman recipe, and takes just a bit of love and time to get the perfect results.
Omi’s Sautéed Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds small yellow-skinned potatoes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 onion thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- Directions
Instructions
- Place potatoes, unpeeled, in a saucepan with water to cover and salt.
- Cook potatoes until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and let cool. When cool enough to handle, peel them. Cut potatoes into 1/4-inch rounds.
- Heat the oil in a nonstick skillet large enough to hold potatoes in one layer. When oil is hot, add potatoes. Cook over high heat, shaking skillet and stirring gently, until lightly browned. Turn potatoes with a spatula. Cook for a few minutes more until light brown.
- Drain excess fat from skillet and add onion. Cook a few minutes until onion is lightly browned. Add butter, garlic, salt and pepper and blend well.
Easy. Granny’s shortbread! It’s my great grandmother recipe from England and is the BEST shortbread recipe ever! and I love that everyone refers to it as Granny’s shortbread when asking me to make it.
These potatoes look fantastic – my Oma made very similar ones, except with caraway seeds! So hard to choose just one recipe, but I’ll have to say my Opa’s butter cookies because they are so delicate, crispy and full of rich buttery taste.
My family on my Dad’s side is Italian. We have a family recipe for spaghetti sauce that is passed down every generation.
My mother’s panettone recipe, it’s so good.
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I adore potatoes cooked this way. I make them like this all the time.
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My dad’s side of the family is Greek and my grandmother makes the best koulourakia cookies with cinnamon. Delicious! They store well and make a great hostess gift too 🙂
A family recipe I would pass on would be my family’s carrot cake (the first thing I ever made for my boyfriend) or my mom’s meatloaf (hers really is the best!)
I would pass down my grandmother’s braciole.
My GG’s chicken and dumplins. Yeah dumplins not dumplings, southern talk here 🙂
I would pass down the recipe for baked apples with cider custard sauce.
Going to pass down my recipe for pecan pie bars.
Love this recipe! And of course, as always, the photos are perfection
It would be my Oma’s “hot dish” recipe. It was so comforting and easy to make and is similar to a shepherd’s pie. It uses ground beef, a can of veggies, vegetable beef soup, potatoes, and a topping of creamed corn. Sounds so weird, but I used to love it growing up. Every time I would stay the night with my Oma and Papa, my Oma would make it for me. And when I moved into my very first house with my husband she came over and showed me how to make it in my own kitchen 🙂
I had two Omi’s and they were the best cooks! I look forward to adding Kikkoman to their potato recipes 🙂
I would pass down my family’s chocolate chip cookie recipe.
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A stuffing recipe we make every year
I would pass down my mother’s hot wassail mix. It’s my favourite beverage (:
my grandma’s peanut butter fudge
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My grandma has an amazing baked ziti recipe. All of her recipes are handwritten on notecards and look so amazing! Her baked ziti tastes better than any other baked ziti recipe I’ve tried. Thanks for the giveaway!
I will be making this recipe very soon. My “Oma” in Germany was an amazing chef. She had incredible knife skills, recipes, and patience with us in the kitchen. If I were to pass down any recipes, it would have to be her potato salad and ‘pflaum Klose’. Her potato salad used diced potatoes, minced onions, diced german bologna, and diced pickles and boiled eggs. Her dressing was a bit of mayo mixed with pickle juice and salt, pepper, and paprika. The pflaum klose were potato dumplings filled with italian plums and drizzled with German butter and sugar. We would eat them until we thought we would plotZ! These are just a couple of my favs of hers. Thanks for asking! Nice walk down memory lane 🙂 /
It would have to be Grammy’s potato casserole. Hot, smooth, and filled with butter, sour cream, and cream cheese, it is a good thing for my family (and our arteries!) that we only eat it during the holidays 🙂
My Grandmother’s chocolate pie!
I would pass along my mom’s lasagna! it’s delicious and I cant ever find a better recipe!
I’d pass down the tradition of making homemade Thai food. My mom lived there for a few years and going homemade is just SO good. 🙂
I would pass down my baked beans recipe!
If I were going to pass down a family heritage recipe, it would likely be the Fatoyer my mother always made!
I’d love to hand down my Mom’s bread pudding or my Grandma’s stuffed cabbage leaves!
my Grandma’s Kolache cookies
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my grandma’s yummy fruit cake.
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I’d pass down my apple pizza recipe.
I would love to pass down my mother’s pork dumpling recipe. She has never written down the recipe so I need to do it for her
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If I had a recipe to pass down it would be my grandma’s almond flavored pound cake. I have the cast iron bundt pan that she used…it’s over 100 years old 🙂
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I would pass down my mother’s pecan cinnamon roll recipe.
I would pass down my grandmas special spaghetti recipe.
My family is Italian so probably delicious homemade lasagna!
I would pass down my recipe for grilled chicken and macaroni and cheese because it lets both the men and women cook in my family!
I have a family recipe for great cinnamon rolls that I’d like to pass on to my children. thanks!!
My mom’s peanut butter bars, mmm essentially homemade peanut butter cups yum!
Poppy’s Pan cookies! The best pancakes in town!!!
i plan to pass down my family recipe for potato latkes
My grandmothers baked tomato dish!
My grandmother’s sugar cookies are just magical. Definitely a family secret that will be passed on!