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From a convent kitchen to yours

Fifty years of a convent kitchen, written down at last.

62 old-fashioned breads, sweets and suppers in big, clear print, with the reason behind every step, what to do if it went wrong, and what each dish costs. Most suppers come to about $2 a serving.

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Two books · 333 large-print pages + 62 printable recipe cards
333 pagesSet in large print, on purpose
62 recipesBaking, preserves and suppers
+ 62 recipe cardsExtra, ready to print and keep by the stove
About $2A typical supper serving
Sister Clara stirring a bowl of dough in her bright kitchen
Saturday is still bread day
Meet Sister Clara

The little notebook in my apron pocket

I was nineteen when I walked through the convent door with one small suitcase, and I was handed an apron before I’d unpacked it. The kitchen belonged to an older sister who had cooked for the house longer than anyone could remember. She never once measured. “Until it looks right,” she’d say. So I stood at her elbow with a pencil and a little notebook, and I wrote down what she would not.

For more than fifty years I cooked in that kitchen. Bread every Saturday before the house woke. A pot of soup for whoever knocked at the back door. Pies for the parish bake sale, and jam put up for the long winter. We had very little money and a great many mouths, so we learned which cuts were cheap, how one roast could carry three suppers, and how never to throw away a crust of bread.

Our house is smaller now, and so are many of your tables. So many of you cook for one or two after years of feeding a family. So I opened the old notebook, put proper measures to everything, and wrote the why under every step, the way I wish someone had told me. That’s all these books are: my notebook, finished, for your kitchen.

Sister Clara

Two books, one kitchen

The first is for the oven and the jam pot. The second is for supper. Each one stands on its own, so start with whichever your kitchen needs.

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Book one

Sweets, Breads & Thrifty Recipes

31 recipes · 148 large-print pages, plus 31 printable recipe cards

Bread for the table, cakes for feast days, jam for the long winter, and the thrifty habits that made it all stretch.

1. Breads & Doughs (8)
Everyday White Sandwich Loaf, Soft Dinner Rolls, Cinnamon Swirl Bread, Buttermilk Biscuits, All-Butter Pie Crust
2. Cakes & Sweet Loaves (7)
Classic Banana Bread, Lemon Pound Cake, Apple Cinnamon Cake, Wacky Chocolate Cake with no eggs and no butter
3. Convent Sweets & Cookies (9)
Convent Shortbread, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Creamy Rice Pudding, Baked Egg Custard, Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp
4. Jams & Preserves (4)
Strawberry Jam, Slow-Cooker Apple Butter, Orange Marmalade, Mixed Berry Freezer Jam
5. The Thrifty Kitchen (3)
The basic pantry, zero waste, Make It vs. Buy It, a 7-day menu with its shopping list and budget, and Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding
6. Sister Clara’s Secrets
Kitchen secrets, the common mistakes and how to fix them, and a little checklist
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Book two

Hearty Meals on a Budget

31 recipes · 185 large-print pages, plus 31 printable recipe cards

Classic American suppers from plain, affordable cuts, with a For Two and a Freeze It note on every recipe.

1. Soups & Stews (6)
Old-Fashioned Beef Stew, Chicken and Dumplings, Split Pea Soup with Ham, Simple Beef and Bean Chili
2. Skillet & One-Pot Suppers (6)
Salisbury Steak with Onion Gravy, Skillet Chicken and Rice, Beef Stroganoff, Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
3. Casseroles & Oven Dinners (7)
Classic Meatloaf, Oven-Fried Chicken, Chicken Pot Pie, Shepherd’s Pie, Baked Macaroni and Cheese
4. Sunday Dinners (5)
Slow-Simmered Pot Roast, Spaghetti and Meatballs, Glazed Baked Ham, Herb-Roasted Turkey Breast
5. Sides, Sauces & Basics (4)
Creamy Mashed Potatoes, Glazed Carrots, Homemade Brown Gravy, Homemade Chicken Stock
6. Cooking for One or Two & the Freezer (3)
Making any recipe smaller, the freezer as your second cook, keeping suppers safe, Cook Once, Eat Three Times, and a week of suppers for two

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Book one
The Saturday sandwich loaf, about 15¢ a slicep. 7
Wacky Chocolate Cake, with no eggs and no butterp. 49
Strawberry jam, water-bath canned the way the USDA recommendsp. 96
Make It vs. Buy It, including where the store winsp. 117
A week for two, three meals a day, for about $42p. 118
Common mistakes, and how to fix themp. 143
Book two
Old-Fashioned Beef Stew, from a chuck roast you cut at homep. 7
Chicken Pot Pie, about $1.35 a servingp. 74
Slow-Simmered Pot Roast, the start of a whole weekp. 101
Making any recipe smaller, for one or twop. 145
Cook Once, Eat Three Times, one ham, three suppersp. 154
A week of suppers for two, with its shopping listp. 157
Let’s be honest about money

What one home-cooked supper a week is worth

Nobody adds up the takeout nights. Try it with your own numbers. The suppers in Book two average about $2.27 a serving, so supper for two comes to about $4.55.

1. Takeout suppers you’d swap each week
a week
2. What takeout for two usually costs you
You’d keep abouta month
That’s abouta year

Home supper: the average cost per serving of the 27 main dishes in Book two, based on average U.S. grocery prices, 2026. Takeout: choose what you really spend; in a U.S. Foods survey, more people said they spend $11 to $20 per person on a meal out than any other amount. Your own numbers will differ.

A week of groceries for two
USDA moderate-cost plan, couple aged 51–70$179
Sister Clara’s 7-day menu, three meals a day$42

USDA Food Plans, May 2026: $76.20 (woman) + $86.40 (man) a week, plus the 10% USDA adds for a two-person household. Sister Clara’s figure counts only what the week uses, so your first trip may cost more while you stock the pantry.

75¢a bowl of vegetable minestrone
$1.00a bowl of ham and bean soup from the Sunday bone
$1.35a serving of chicken pot pie
15¢a slice of homemade sandwich bread

“Homemade isn’t always cheaper, and I’d be a poor teacher if I told you it was.” So the book compares a few with the store, even when the store wins.

From Book one, page 117HomemadeStore-boughtThe difference
Everyday White Sandwich Loaf, 12 slices$1.75$2.2924% less at home
Soft Dinner Rolls, 12 rolls$2.25$2.9724% less at home
All-Butter Pie Crust, 2 crusts$2.50$4.0438% less at home
Buttermilk Biscuits, 8 biscuits$2.00$1.90The store can is 10¢ cheaper

Approximate cost, based on average U.S. grocery prices, 2026. Your own store may charge a little more or less.

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Questions, answered plainly

Is this a printed book you mail me?

No, and it’s better to know before you buy. It’s a PDF you open on your phone, tablet or computer right after you pay. You can print any page you like, and the recipe cards at the back of each book are made to be printed and kept by the stove.

Is the print really big?

Yes. That’s why the two books come to 333 pages, plus 62 recipe cards: large type, generous spacing and big numbered steps you can read from the stove. Look at the real pages above to see for yourself.

I’m not good with computers.

You don’t need to be. After you pay, you tap one button and the book opens. The same link is emailed to you. If anything goes wrong, write to us and we’ll walk you through it, or refund you.

Can I buy just one book?

Yes. Each book stands on its own and costs , with a link just under the price. Most folks take both, because together they cost less than two singles and cover the whole kitchen: the oven and the jam pot in the first, supper in the second.

I only cook for one or two.

Then Book two was written with you in mind. Every recipe has a For Two note showing how to make less, and a Freeze It note for putting portions away. Its last chapter shows how to make any recipe smaller and how one roast can feed you three times over.

How do you know what each recipe costs?

Every recipe is priced from one table of average U.S. grocery prices for 2026, counting only the amount the recipe uses. Your own store may charge a little more or less, and meat prices move more than most, so take the numbers as a guide.

I live in Canada. Will the measurements work?

Yes. Every amount is given in U.S. cups and spoons first, with grams and milliliters beside it, and oven temperatures in both °F and °C. The costs are based on U.S. prices, so take them as a guide.

Do I need special ingredients?

No. Everything comes from a regular grocery store: flour, butter, eggs, plain cuts of meat, canned tomatoes, beans. Nothing exotic, and no gadgets beyond an ordinary kitchen and, for the suppers, an instant-read thermometer.

Is the food safety advice checked?

Yes. Storage times and cooking temperatures follow USDA and foodsafety.gov guidance, and the canned jams follow the water-bath method of the National Center for Home Food Preservation. Book two also has a page of safe temperatures you can print.

Is it a subscription?

No. One payment, once. No membership and no monthly charge. And when a book gets a new, expanded edition, you’ll receive it free.

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The kettle is on. Come in and cook with me.

Please don’t worry about being perfect. My first loaves were heavy, my first pot roast was as tough as a boot, and the sisters ate every bite anyway.

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