picture courtesy of AARP The Magazine Are you starting to gear up for your Thanksgiving feast? Maybe you're starting to ear-mark some recipes you've come across in magazines or books? Surprisingly, over Thanksgiving weekend, I don't cook at all. We head back down to Baltimore to visit our respective families and the minute I step out of the car, I assume the role of guest for the entire weekend. It is a bit odd, the one non-denominational holiday that revolves around food and I'm not cooking at all. But, I've come to relish in the … [Read more...]
Cinnamon and Raisin Quick Bread
November 10, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I have many fond memories of Mom making bread on any given Sunday during the fall and winter months. The furnace was her special place for the ceremonial bowl bread rising process. Like a kid in a candy shop, she'd relish in sheer delight at the site of risen dough. Then she'd fastidiously knead the dough and allow the allotted time for it to rise again. I never partook in these events. I merely watched her with sheer amazement. While I am no longer fearful of bread making myself (I've even made a Challah), I actually approach this … [Read more...]
Beef Stew
October 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
There's a little chill in the air. It's the kind that makes you want to lay around on a lazy Sunday afternoon. While I can't imagine having a lazy afternoon until my kids are in college, the next best thing would be to slow cook, or to make a big pot of nourishing soup-- the ultimate comfort food. Last week my daughter and I make some very tasty Butternut Squash Soup. She was surprised to find that something so easy to make can taste so good. So, we're on a soup roll. In fact, another soup was requested to appear somewhere on this week's … [Read more...]
Butternut Squash Soup
October 23, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I feel out of sorts posting about a soup without my friend Seriously Soupy talking about it After all, she's been preaching to us for years how easy it is to make soup. Last night for dinner my daughter and I made some Butternut Squash Soup (for the first time), and it was amazing. Let me clarify, it was restaurant-quality, according to my 9-year old son who had just last weekend, ordered a bowl of Butternut Squash soup at a local restaurant. I could not believe how simple it was to prepare the soup. And, I even cheated and bought the … [Read more...]
