I’ve been experimenting with new vegetables this winter and the butternut squash has become a favorite. I kept seeing recipes for Butternut Squash Soup and finally got a chance to try make some this weekend. Dang, it was good! I had a recipe from Bon Appetit that I’d been eyeballing, but then searched online and…
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Salmon Cakes from Leftover Salmon
I used a recipe from my all time favorite The Fannie Farmer Cookbook: Anniversary and turned crab cakes into salmon cakes tonight, using the salmon leftover from last night, breadcrumbs and all. Another hit! This actually came out a bit moister than necessary. It tasted absolutely wonderful but might have been a bit easier to…
Slow Cooked Salmon
My parents came down yesterday. Everyone but me loves salmon so I decided to fix that, plus it went with my kid-oriented Valentine theme of pink and red. I also had red potatoes, hearts of palm salad, and asparagus. Okay, the asparagus sort of blew the theme but we all love it. The girls had…
Baked Creamy Cauliflower
Searching through the vegetable bin this evening, I saw the cauliflower I’d bought earlier. My cauliflower always ends up with (or starts with?) grey spots on it, but I just cut them off. I’m guessing that just means they’re a bit older than they should be. The joys of supermarket shopping. Anyway, I’ve done Fried…
“Italian” Funeral Potatoes
There’s an old recipe called Funeral Potatoes, which includes frozen hash browns, cream of chicken soup, butter, grated Cheddar cheese, sour cream, and usually some sort of butter and cereal crumb topping, made from Corn Flakes. In my ongoing pantry challenge to use up a few things I decided to do something with the bag…