Yesterday I made my first huge pot of chicken soup for the season prompted by my first cold of the season, something I’ve been fighting the last few days. Although I had little energy for anything else I rose to the occasion because regardless of what hurts you a bowlful of this will make it…
TOASTED PUMPKIN SEEDS Why bother toasting pumpkin seeds when you can buy them pretoasted? Because they’ll have an irresistibly nutty flavor that the store-bought version never does. That is what the Thanksgiving issue of Food and Wine magazine from 2007 states! I came across this recipe last year as I was doing my annual “look…
Pumpkin Bread
If it’s October it must be Pumpkin Bread! This is a delicious quick bread recipe my sister first made years ago, and I’ve been making ever since tasting my first slice. It’s a simple loaf to make… add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, fold in the raisins and walnuts, and into the loaf…
Sheila’s Roasted Potato Leek Soup
It’s amazing to me as one season ends and the next begins how I’m always ready for the change. As eager as I am in the spring to get gardening again after a long winter I’m just as anxious in the fall to put the garden to bed for another season. As the annuals and…
Broiled Salmon With Sweet Pea, Sun-Dried Tomato, and Lemon Spaghetti
With our sons back on the west coast now until Thanksgiving I decided my husband and I were due a lighter, healthier dinner. I love making my sons’ favorite foods, but somehow salmon never turns up on their list! Being that I had some wild salmon fillets in the freezer, Broiled Salmon with Sweet Pea,…
GRILLED BABY BACK RIBS WITH SWEET-SOUR BBQ SAUCE As promised in a previous post here’s the photo of the baby back ribs with my Sweet-Sour BBQ Sauce. As I mentioned in the post of the sauce it goes especially well on chicken or ribs prepared on the grill. Baby back ribs have been my ribs…
Coconut Layer Cake With Fluffy White Frosting
Coconut Layer Cake (adapted from Fannie Farmer’s Fresh Coconut Cake) 3 cups all purpose flour, plus extra for dusting the pans 1 tablespoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus extra for greasing pans 2 cups sugar 4 large eggs 1 cup whole milk (flavored with 1…
A Greek Dinner
My younger son and his girlfriend are visiting this week from San Francisco. He requested a Greek meal with some of his favorite dishes for dinner last night. Happy to oblige I came up with the following menu. Greek Salad dressed with an olive oil, red wine vinegar and oregano vinaigrette Grilled Pita Bread brushed…
Mom’s Apple Noodle Kugel
Kugel is a popular side dish in the Jewish cuisine. It is a baked pudding casserole which can be either sweet or savory. It is usually made of noodles, but can also be made from potatoes. Of the noodle kugels most often you will see recipes that include cottage cheese and sour cream, with or…
SIMPLE ROAST CHICKEN For dinner tonight I made a simple roast chicken. Roasting a chicken is not as simple as it appears. The trick is achieving a golden crispy exterior and a thoroughly cooked interior with both white and dark meat retaining their juices. At one time or another we’ve all begun carving the bird,…