Hey! Mikey Likey! | a family recipe repository

This recipe comes from Better Homes and Gardens–an excellent Autumn treat! Ingredients: 1-1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs 1/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter, melted 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened 1-3/4 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 cup canned pumpkin 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon salt 6...
From Quick Cooking Magazine this bread ranks my next favorite Fall bread (see Pumpkin Spice Bread for my most favorite Fall bread). This recipe makes three loaves of bread and it also freezes well in a Ziploc Freezer Bag–so don’t feel like you have to eat it all today, although I’m sure you’ll be...
From Taste of Home magazine, this is my most favorite bread for the Fall. It goes great with cider and is really good with vanilla yogurt spread on top. Makes 2 loaves. Ingredients: 3 cups sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 4 eggs, lightly beaten 1-16 ounce can solid pack pumpkin 3-1/2 cups flour 2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. baking powder...
This is straight from the Weight Watchers site. It makes six servings with only 4 PointsPlus points per serving. Ingredients: 2 lbs skinless salmon fillet 1/4 lb medium shrimp, peeled and de-veined 2 Tbsp minced tarragon 2 Tbsp Dijon mustard Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Cooking spray Cut salmon into chunks and...
Got this one from a BJ’s Wholesale Club Journal. It’s superb! 2 Tbsp honey 2 Tbsp orange juice 1/4 cup olive oil 3 Tbsp soy sauce 1/4 cup green onions, chopped 2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp minced garlic 1/4 tsp each black pepper and cayenne pepper 1-1/2 lbs Tuna Steak or Salmon Fillet Combine marinade ingredients in...

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About MikeyLikey

Welcome to Hey! Mikey Likey!–a family recipe repository. Unlike other recipe sites, Hey! Mikey Likey! is designed especially for families and folks who are cooking for kids and other particularly picky eaters. Sit back, get comfortable, and I’ll tell you a bit about why Hey! Mikey Likey! came to be.

I come from a family that loves food. Our passion for food is evident in everything we do:

We eat it (obviously);
Talk about it;
Experiment with it;
E-mail about it;
Blog it; and
Yes, most definitely carry it around on our waist-lines.

Collectively–we are a large family in every sense of the word–we have a huge number of tasty recipes to satisfy our food desires. We share them with each other whenever we get together, BUT…

I for one was getting tired of trying to find my favorites in such a sea of possible locations, and I am much too lazy to actually put them all on index cards.

So… Hey! Mikey Likey! was born. It is the brain child of Mark and Shana Henrichsen and Christine Rodriguez, inspired by Life cereal’s finicky-est eater, Mikey (“Hey Mikey! He likes it!”), and a compulsive need for more child-friendly recipes in a search-able format.

Shana’s husband comes from a family even larger than ours and brought with him a whole host of deliciousness. Melanie married a Colombian who introduced us to a host of wonderful new recipes. Kathy found loads of healthy and inexpensive recipes when she married her husband, Dan. Mom provided us with years of nutritious dinners, tasty desserts, and quick and easy snacks. Our brothers married creative cooks as well, so our sisters-in-law, Denise, Devanie, Suzie, and Alice, helped us expand our culinary repertoires.

You are invited to come try our recipes, rate them, and leave us lots of feedback on how they turned out. We also encourage family members to register and submit their favorites for us all so we never have to call and bother you again late at night, on a weekend, or in the middle of something important.

Oh! And I wanted to remind you–don’t forget the pictures! It’s always nice to see what the finished product is supposed to look like or at least how much fun you had making it.

If you are a member of a food-passionate family, let us know and we’ll set up a category for you, too. Just send an e-mail to csrodriguez1970@gmail.com with your family name. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions in general, please feel free to e-mail us.

Now go on, get cookin’!