Welcome to Grandma’s Kitchen Sense. My name is Nancy, and yes, I’m a grandma! In my youth, my grandmothers shared a lot of common sense advice that has helped and inspired me over the years. I always remember sitting at kitchen tables and learning from them, as well as...

I grew up knowing both of my grandmothers, and watching them in the kitchen. Over the years, I’ve seen the great value of many of their tools, and have a good number of them in my home. Do you have any kitchen gadgets that are indispensible? Can you tell...

This dish is quick and simple, yet oh so delicious. Even my friends and kids that don’t usually like fish, like this one. I use tilapia filets, because it has no bone surprises, and is readily available and relatively inexpensive where I live, but any mild fish would do....

I like the flavor of butter. This butter spread is easy to do, makes my “butter dollar” stretch, and is one less item I have to buy separately at the grocery store. It tastes like butter, but is half oil. I use either olive oil or canola oil, because...

This is a favorite side dish at our home every summer. Thankfully, I grow a lot of the tomatoes, bell peppers, and eggplants that go into it, so it is fairly affordable. It takes influence from ‘ratatouille’, a French vegetable stew. Our family renamed it as ‘Vege-2-Lee’ years ago...