20 Famous Recipes From The 1970s, We Want Back!

[@Reubenhubert]

We still make tuna casserole, salmon patties, stuffed peppers, deviled eggs, pineapple upside down cake and meatloaf.

[@ShayJaxson-m2z]

I'll never tire of meatloaf. 👍

[@dawnelder9046]

I can not have gluten, 20 years and have been low carb 15 years. But I have gluten free, low carb versions of all of them. I use avacodo oil for the mayo for deviled eggs. Konjac noodles, zucchini or cauliflower replace pasta. Cauliflower rice for the peppers. Vanilla whey protein powder replaces flour in the cake recipe. Monk sugar instead of sugar. Pineapple not low carb, but it is not a religion, but a lifestyle.

[@OperaJH]

And I have not stopped loving chicken a la king! I add white wine and prefer either only mushrooms, or, if using peas and carrots, then just a little to give color. Love it on rice! My sister just made a delicious meatloaf last week! 😂

[@OperaJH]

And I have not stopped loving chicken a la king! I add white wine and prefer either only mushrooms, or, if using peas and carrots, then just a little to give color. Love it on rice! My sister just made a delicious meatloaf last week! 😂

[@SophiePorter-lk7qn]

And Swedish meatballs! Could do with some now 😅. Lovely!

[@cindysteffens8065]

My mom made all of these in the 1950s. They were just hold overs from generations before. I still make many of these now.

[@rta3738]

Yeah. These went back a couple decades before the 70’s for sure.

[@belledobson2007]

I’ve never stopped eating beef stroganoff, it’s delicious.

[@joannelarose8198]

Classic!

[@Jan96106]

No one has stopped eating it. We don't need to bring it back. It's here.

[@joannelarose8198]

@@Jan96106 Yum!

[@rebo2610]

I cheat now and use ground beef instead of steak, or sometimes make meatball stroganoff. I still make most of these recipes!

[@robinlondrow9263]

@@Jan96106 I agree, to me it never left.

[@elaineproffitt1032]

I have eaten and still eat almost all the foods on this show. Just last week I prepared meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans, and pineapple upside down cake for desert. Yum.

[@MaribelLopez-jt4xw]

@@elaineproffitt1032 Bundt pans for the pineapple upside down cake 🙃

[@patriciatinkey2677]

Yummy yummy!

[@joykind4258]

My grandmother crunched up potato chips for the top of the tuna noodle casserole. It was great like that!

[@lbar9720]

So did we =)

[@marthalucas1221]

My Mom did too. We loved it💥❤️

[@samsmom400]

I use Ritz crackers.

[@lindadeters8685]

And if we didn’t have chips, Mom would use crumbled corn flakes

[@sparbo]

Every summer in the 60's and 70's our family of 8 would drive 11 hours to New Orleans where my parents grew up and stay two weeks. After the long drive we would pile out of the car and run in to my grandparents shotgun house and evrey time my grandpa would have a beautiful baked ham ready, covered with pineapple and cherries. Good memories.

[@lanebashford3982]

Goulash, Hungarian goulash, Chicken Fricassee, SOS, Tuna Casserole, Shipwreck, Dolly Parton Casserole, salmon patties....yeah!

[@DeniseLopez-rw6qx]

I was a kid in the 70s these recipes really should be brought back because they are quick easy filling and very tasty I miss those days that's when everybody used to cook

[@martin1b]

These are all meals that we still eat. For me, they didn't go anywhere. Love em

[@gsdalpha1358]

Same here with the exception of the desserts, just not a sweet tooth household I guess. When we have meatloaf, we add potatoes and carrots about an hour before the meatloaf is done. It used to be a cheap version of pot roast and vegetables, but with the price of ground beef now, it's hardly a budget meal anymore.

[@MaribelLopez-jt4xw]

When I think of the 70s I think of California dip. Sour cream and Lipton’s onion soup mixed into a dip. Delicious! It was everywhere.

[@lanagalbraith6542]

Minced clams in sour cream for dip...yum!!!

[@guadalupegonzalez9132]

Sour crime…. For sure! 😂

[@charliejb1747]

Cream cheese with French Onion soup mix.

[@marthawelch4289]

Well, around my neck of the woods we called it French Onion Dip - sour cream and ONLY Lipton's French Onion Soup (in a pouch).

[@marylist1236]

Chicken a la King was also served in puff pastry cases that were found in the frozen foods case

[@marylist1236]

Creamed Chipped Beef came from WWII, and it was known as Sh_t on a Shingle by the troops

[@marylist1236]

Don't smear tomato products on top of a meatloaf

[@lenawalker9073]

You can keep the chicken a la king. Chipped beef on toast was our Halloween meal every year. 😅

[@eileenlester4342]

Yes!!!

[@charliejb1747]

Making the puff pastry was healthier and more economical. It's so easy to make!

[@rhondaalan8436]

What’s so rare about these recipes I still cook them.

[@mariannebecker5132]

Me too 🙂

[@laken1804]

I guess not many restaurants serve them anymore. And people are watching their weight closely nowadays.

[@bn7441]

how old r u? some people don't remember or never had. I personally remember, but forgot and don't make, but now I will.

[@pattymc4726]

I don’t think they are being called rare. Some people may still make these recipes (I do) but they are from another time. I’m in my 60’s and definitely see a difference in what goes on the dinner table nowadays compared to decades ago.

[@pamelasmith6221]

YOU still cook them but most families today don’t eat these meals.

[@karenwhite4742]

these recipes are much older than the 70s!! i am pushing 80 now, and remember them from as early as the 40s. this was a real treat, seeing them. thank you.

[@rongenung]

Many of these recipes come from the 1950s. Chicken a la King and Beef Stroganoff I still make. Yum.

[@Tomatohater64]

I grew up on Stouffer's frozen meals - loved them in the '70s, love them now in 2024 although they are much, much smaller. But the best part was actually going to Stouffer's restaurants where the food was made from scratch, especially their yummy mushroom soup!

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

Still love the macaroni and cheese, veggie lovers lasagna, fish filet and the french bread pizzas😋. Yum !!!

[@Tomatohater64]

@@jocelynharris-fx8ho I don't think Stouffer's makes anything I DON'T like. 😳😳🤣🤣🤣

[@katecrossrhodes]

You poor people

[@sassymess7111]

Never knew they had restaurants!

[@Tomatohater64]

@@sassymess7111 Oh ya, we had a Stouffer's restaurant at one of our local malls in the '70s. Food there was delightful. I think I shed a tear when it closed down years later.

[@marshajewell4720]

I still love (and make) most all of these delicious classics! Liver is the only one that I can't eat - yet even it smells fantastic to me! Thanks for the refresher ideas for my meal planning!

[@cynthiahansen9902]

Liver and onions we always added mashed potatoes and bacon!

[@emmsue1053]

Still make it, many a family member has grown up on it. Has to nice quality lambs and soaked overnight in a little milk. Discard milk, dust liver with flour after trimming off any bits not wanted.. Fry in oil and a little butter on low to medium. Do not mess around with it (the more prodding the tougher it gets) till the underneath has gone a light golden brown. Flip it over, give it 2 or 3 minutes. Let stand in pan while you serve up onion gravy and creamy mashed potato. Carrots or garden peas. Serve immediately & enjoy.

[@veronicaelsegood5175]

It's a favourite which the dog and I still indulge in but ,in the UK, kids today won't entertain it. Love what you call salmon patties and I call salmon fish cakes.

[@elbob17]

My parents would make my sister and I eat this once a year as some sort of torture under the guise of "you need iron." We'd literally sit there and gag and puke it back up. Vile stuff.

[@Saphirevirgo33]

We always added brown sugar

[@marthawood3367]

Where's Fondue?

[@jennifert2953]

I still make it!!!

[@GeorgiannaMartin]

@marthawood3367 it's coming around again! Shop Rite had a Fondue pot for sale not long ago

[@marthawood3367]

@@GeorgiannaMartin I know it never totally went away, there are Melting Pot restaurants around😋

[@dmaextraordinaire8205]

That’s exactly what I was thinking!

[@Fox1nDen]

and fried bagels with cream cheese, and Chef Boy Ar Dee Pizza, and tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches, potato pancakes with sour cream, chili with ground beef and kidney beans, fried chicken livers with gravy cooked in the cast iron skillet, snickerdoodles, baked apples, lemon meringue pie...

[@karen-zm6mv]

I'm in my 60s, so I remember these recipes well and still make many today. BUT - you had me until the liver and onions. My Mom was an RN who used to serve this (rarely) at home because *she* loved it. Until she was talking about eating it with a board certified internal medicine doctor who said, "The liver is the garbage can of the body. It's the organ that filters out toxins, and you want to eat it?" Thankfully, we never had to suffer through another liver and onions dinner. High five, Doctor - my father and brother will always appreciate you!!🤣

[@MelissaThompson432]

My mother, too, except that she still ate it; and I was the one who called it the dirty sponge of the bloodstream.

[@Lurker1954]

A few of these predated the seventies. Chipped Beef on Toast was a WWII military dish.

[@Lurker1954]

Correction: Most of these predated the Seventies ( By DECADES)

[@kathysunshine699]

Gelatinous and delight should never be in the same sentence 😢

[@kathysunshine699]

Maybe started earlier, but our parents fixed every one of these in the 70’s

[@ElizaLou75]

I still make this, but the trick is to brown the roux well, otherwise it's white and tasteless. It's delicious when made well.

[@judyfrett]

Sos

[@rogertemple7193]

The best food recipes from the 70's and they were all delicious Thanks for the awesome Memories.🇺🇲📺🇺🇲

[@FlowerGemsGirl]

I drooled on my phone screen when the pineapple upside down cake came up. I could barely wait till it cooled before getting a piece, with a dollop of whip cream! 😋😋😋🤤🤤🤤

[@suemurray286]

Whoa, whoa!!! This stuff isn't 1970. More like 1950-1960.

[@eileenlester4342]

Made them in 70s.

[@lbrowning2543]

They were eaten under protest in the 1970s. The 70s is in style, trending now, so everything is 70s,

[@marshajewell4720]

@@suemurray286 Well, maybe new in the 50’s and 60’s. But they were all in our family’s most-cooked menu items all throughout my 1960’s - 1970’s.

[@CM-dw2xr]

I still make most of these in the 2020's, what's the big deal? They haven't gone away, people have just gotten lazy eating McD's.

[@LivinToday.2]

At least they cooked, didn’t use their phones to get DoorDash! I still make a ton of my Granny’s recipes! ❤

[@irishofer2161]

So many of those special dishes were never writen down. Our grandmothers never needed or used recipes. I sure wish they had.

[@FiddlingCPA]

Just get a cookbook from the 1970s. There are many at thrift stores. The ingredients are still available nowadays. These recipes can still be made!

[@DanielLiebert-i1p]

Old church and charity cookbooks pass along the same classic recipes everyone made such as ambrosia, Ann Lander's Meat Loaf, etc. etc.

[@erinwoempner1228]

Absolutely love salmon patties

[@lly8598]

My mom made a white gravy for salmon patties. Hot milk in a blender and drop pieces of white bread in the blender until gravy consistency. Lots of salt and pepper. 😊

[@rosearellanes5648]

I grew up in the 70's and 80's. I still make a lot of these recipes as I did for my children when they were small

[@gabrielaroman9743]

I went all the way back to my mom's kitchen, helping her preparing most of these meals... nostalgia road ❤

[@lostribe5130]

I have made tuna noodle casserole as far back as I can remember.

[@SharonMcGlasson]

I guess I cook like we live in the 70’s. All but the meat jell-o and frozen meals are recipes I feed my family. In fact, stuffed peppers and chicken a la king were on the menu this week.

[@lostribe5130]

Because the tuna cans are so much smaller now, you have to use either two small ones or one big one.

[@michaeltutty1540]

Chicken à la King goes way back. My grandmother made it when my mother was a child in the 1930s! Beef Stroganoff dates back to 1800s Russia. Tuna casserole goes way back. Originally a bechamel sauce was made. It could also be a cheese sauce. Condensed soup makes it easier. I use lots of tuna in mine and put in onion, green pepper and mushrooms. Instead of breadcrumbs on top I use grated parmesan, mozzarella, and sharp cheddar cheeses. My recipe for pineapple upside down cake dates back to the 30s. It uses the syrup from the pineapple as the only liquid. Since pineapple in syrup is hard to find, I have made it with peaches instead. Works a treat.

[@maleisalee4054]

I still eat salmon croquettes with home fries and biscuits 😋

[@allmine853]

The recipes of my childhood that I still eat to this day

[@madgerussell654]

A lot of these recipes go back to the '40s. One Thanksgiving when we couldn't afford a turkey, my mother molded a meatloaf into a turkey shape, complete with drumsticks. And a meatloaf sandwich was excellent for the day after.

[@charliejb1747]

Mum gave me the recipe book my dad bought her when I was born over sixty years ago. The recipes are fantastic. Nutritional, easy and better than junk food or store bought meals.

[@lucylcaruso4207]

Oh wow swedish meatballs... Deviled eggs were so popular

[@ElizaLou75]

Deviled eggs are still popular where I live. The person who brings good deviled eggs to the potluck is a hero.

[@laken1804]

They still are.

[@ginny5937]

Mom made creamy white sauce with canned asparagus served on toast. Chipped beef on toast was a favorite too. We lived in Minnesota and had a lot of fish, fried or dipped in an egg and milk mixture and coated with crushed corn flakes, and baked; they came out crisp, and we squeezed fresh lemon juice on them. One of my favorites was ham and scalloped potatoes. Really, we had everything in this video but it was in the 1940's through the 1970's.

[@lanagalbraith6542]

Hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes...pork chops pan fried then smothered in mushroom soup...cream sauce with sliced hard boiled eggs over mashed potatoes...creamed chip beef on toast. The recipes are endless!!!

[@lostribe5130]

We never had chipped beef. But we made that with ham diced. Basically just a white sauce and then let the diced ham simmer add flavor the sauce. I still make that sometimes and I like it over toast.

[@macnchessplz]

My husband loves chipped beef over toast.Ive had many of these dishes but not the chipped beef until he asked me to make it. With a chopped hard boiled egg on top.Its quick and it is good.

[@Dee.Murphy]

You forgot the pickles in the stroganoff! ( we sill make I !) We also still make. Tuna noodle casserole, ham & pineapple, salmon patties,Swedish meatballs, Ambrosia, stuffed peppers, pineapple upside down cake, deviled eggs, liver and onions,( soak the meat in milk over night) , meatloaf, Waldorf salad and Salisbury steak! None of these things ever stopped being a thing for my family. My mom made them for us and I made them for my children and now I’m making them for my grandchildren.

[@User14816]

Can you tell me how to add the pickles? I know it’s a dumb question ,but I’ve never had it like that and it sounds so delicious.

[@kathyh7215]

​@@User14816It does sound good! I imagine you could just chop pickles and add as garnish, but not for sure. Kind of reminds me of rouladen. 😊

[@debrajahnke5904]

We grew up with a lot of these and so did my kids. Brings back good memories.

[@CaramelSunflowers]

Instead of unhealthy canned soup you can use full fat sour cream and chicken stock instead. It still tastes great.

[@colleenporcina2303]

Chicken a la King is much older than the 1970’s and used to be served on toast or puff pastry shells - 50’s & 60’s.

[@patriciaowens3479]

I remember all these Wonderful Delicious dishes. I guess I should . . . if Im 81. Lol😅

[@robertatorres739]

Thanks for bringing these recipes back to life. They are delicious and deserve a comeback. Im going to make my favorites again and share them with my family.

[@karlanorvell9573]

It is true, most of these dishes we ate regularly in the 70's.

[@deborahfoster5520]

My mom used to make mini pineapple upside down cakes in muffin tins. I love beef stroganoff but I have also made hamburger stroganoff as well which is pretty good!

[@BuckPalanger]

I haven't seen these in quite awhile. Chicken a la king my mom used to make except we had that over egg noodle, same with stroganoff. I'm literally having Vietnam flashbacks watching this video.

[@bigred4379]

Yes! Omg the Vietnam war was on the tv. 😢

[@BuckPalanger]

@@bigred4379 lol

[@WyomingGuy82201]

Ah....the 70s....those memories of all those home-opened meals warms my can opener...

[@gloriayouchisonbrown7734]

What nostalgia, I remember them all, especially the desserts ❤

[@charm2800]

video made by a millineal or gen Zers, they think theyve discovered everything in the world

[@gusalexandrakis5151]

The eras are off for many of these dishes. Chicken a la king and ham with pineapple date to the 1920s; salmon patties to the 1930s; and molded gelatin salads to the 1950s. When I think of the '70s, I remember fondue, Monte Cristo sandwiches, chimichangas, and of course 'salad bars', but even those things had earlier origins

[@carly8056]

You are exactly correct.

[@Jane-Doe.1126]

all those things I ate in the 70s and 80s

[@charm2800]

exactly and thank you and heads up to whoever made this video

[@debk5427]

Heck I still make versions of these. Example: I substitute Canned Tuna for salmon in patties.

[@lucylcaruso4207]

Ham pineapple sounds yummy

[@tea98988]

Decades ago, there was a cafeteria chain called Luby’s in Dallas. I had just arrived this country then, I’d always order Liver and Onion. I loved it.

[@amyexner]

This brings back good memories; I fed my family on these recipes; my kids loved it; my son who has his own children always calls me to spend time with him and his family because I then start cooking these recipes.

[@catchcourtcourt]

I remember being about 4 years old so it must have been about 1979. My mom made what I now realize is chicken a la king. It was the most delicious meal ever to 4 year old me. She never made it again. i'm almost 50 and I still can recall the yummy flavor

[@dragonflyhill5748]

So sorry, these aren’t just 70’s meals. My dad ate pineapple upside down cake in the 1920’s. Cooked stuffed peppers in the 1950’s and ate deviled eggs as a child. Ham and pineapple was cooked pre civil war. Chipped beef was a staple of WW2 and called SOS.

[@theresajones8367]

I can honestly say that I don’t miss very many of these dishes.

[@terriemartinez9989]

New twist on stuffed peppers..use a pablamo pepper and taco meat. 😁

[@sharyn4271]

My mom added a couple of boiled, then mashed potatoes to the salmon mixture to stretch the recipe.

[@gayprepperz6862]

Wow, nice hungry walk down memory lane (through the kitchen).

[@paulalascola6714]

I love all of these dishes I still eat all of them

[@veronicaelsegood5175]

You can keep your chicken a la king but pineapple upside down cake stuffed peppers and meatloaf are firm favourites in my house.

[@hollypotter6989]

Loved chicken ala king. I still make tuna cassarole i learned in home ec in junior high. Tuna cream of mushroom celery onion and Chinese crunchy chow mein noodles. Now i make Costco rotisserie chicken stroganoff with the boxed hamburger helper stroganoff. All were delicious and except for the chicken ala king i still make them almost weekly.

[@beanie7547]

With the exception of the jello molds and the liver and onions am I the only one still making these dishes?

[@RiceaRoni354]

I do. Family favorites.

[@judithl1171]

OMG, I hated Chicken ala King, but it was everywhere!!

[@laurabodycombe7998]

I still make many of these dishes. Love creamy comfort food when it’s cold out.

[@lostribe5130]

I made Waldorf salad at Christmas. I skip coconut and raisans. Mine has mayonnaise and whipped cream.

[@lrajic8281]

We Ate a lot of polish sausage with potato au gratin. And we also ate pea soup with ham or polish sausage. Or navy bean soup both ham in it or polish sausage. Again, because of inflation.

[@lauraroberson9937]

Original chicken a la King recipe calls for a ring of biscuits on top before baking, with cooking the extra biscuits on a baking sheet. This was a winter staple in my family for years. Liver 'n onions, pineapple upside down cake, cinnamon rolls, learned how to cook all that as a teenager.

[@bunny-tc8yr]

You nailed it . Well done.

[@truthseeker243]

Well that was fun! Thanks for the nostalgia 😅. Some were keepers.

[@patriciatinkey2677]

Thanks for reminding me about Grasshopper pie! It's been years, but I think that will be my next take along recipe!😎 Summer- 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

[@agnesulijn]

Broccoli was a favourite ingredient. It was served with a myriad of dishes. No judgment, just a observation.🤗

[@liscel3556]

I want to make this again I used to make this a lot when I was younger and I would love to make this again all of them are great though anyway

[@edfry3531]

Meatloaf is always good. Also makes a great sandwich.

[@lt7378]

Back in the day when it wasn’t looked down on when women stayed home to care for kids and make home cooked meals. People were thin and active. Divorce wasn’t rampant .

[@judylukehart6854]

We still have most of these regularly in our 70s

[@gmax758]

So nostalgic and yummy ❤

[@jeancooley4097]

Would love to getting links to these recipes. That way I could print them out to be make them. Some if these are my husband favorites.

[@lostribe5130]

Just buy yourself an old cookbook like better homes and it will have all of those in there. Probably an old Betty crocker one would.

[@cleanqueen75]

I eat healthy now so I don’t fix a lot of these recipes anymore. I do fix Waldorf salad out of yogurt with natural peanut butter with grapes and raisins.

[@FaithCoach]

I still make all of these dishes, except the pineapple upside down cake, jello concoctions, chicken Kiev and chipped beef on toast. One I would add is I love City Chicken, made from chunks of pork on a stick.

[@bowler3458]

Hi, I added this whole article to my Facebook account so I could have them all. I still cook the fashion way, Homemade All the Way. Great food all the way.

[@ChelseaChfy-ex1po]

Mother Russias Beef Stroganoff, that was the best dish imo.

[@liscel3556]

Tuna noodle casserole yum all of them are good every single one is good

[@Fox1nDen]

Mac and cheese with tuna, minced onions, and minced celery, or diced tomatoes. Chop suey on bean sprouts over mashed potatoes, egg noodles and smoked polish sausage, pork ribs slow cooked on sauer kraut....

[@maximusdesmund2072]

I'm 56 years old in every year for the last 20 years. My birthday cake. It's an upside down, pineapple cake. It's my absolute favorite. We also make beef stroganoff chicken alla.King.Add to the casserole all the time in this house

[@lucylcaruso4207]

I still order liver and onions when can find at restaurants. Made it last week but hard find in stores. Coated Deep fried are in menus now

[@debbiewilson2247]

Jello salads were a thing in the 1950s

[@violetbrown3584]

I still eat ham and pineapple at Christmas

[@guadalupegonzalez9132]

Thank you!! 👏👏🌺

[@vickyhardina4865]

Loved tuna patties still love tuna casserole with peas!

[@webd225]

Very good video.

[@lrajic8281]

I remember eating meatloaf and mashed potatoes. There was spaghetti and meatballs. We ate a lot of meatloaf and meatball dishes because it stretched the ground beef. There was a lot of inflation in the 70s.

[@hannakinn]

When my mom made meatloaf she always made baked potatoes and a cake or brownies taking advantage of the oven being in use. In the 70s most mom's had lived through the war rationing years and the depression so they were somewhat frugal.

[@lwj2]

I grew up with most of these in the 50s.

[@v.m.8472]

This is when Jimmy Carter created extreme inflation and grocery prices suddenly went sky high!

[@corvettesbme]

Now I'm hungry for stuffed peppers, chipped beef, chicken a la king, meatloaf, Swedish meatballs, salisbury steak, what to cook tonight!😂

[@dizziechef9502]

I lived in the 70’s I know the recipes.

[@carolpatton3487]

Mom fixed these for us in the 1950's ... I never made them in the 1970's. except for pineapple-upside-down cake which is still a winner (but make it with a sponge cake made with egg yolks rather than whole eggs).

[@hollyw9566]

We still make tuna casserole and salmon patties. I love beef stroganoff. I buy Stouffer's Swedish meatballs now, but I liked them better when they were still in the boil in bags. Deviled eggs have never gone out of style where I live. They're everybody's favorites. Oh, and it's chicken KIEV. And I make meatloaf a lot in cold weather. I bake mine round in a speckled ware round dish with whole potatoes baking beside it.