This Pork Curry with Potato, Pepper and Apple satisfied my need for a warm dish on a cold night. Cooking for one has its challenges–especially if you like to cook! I never want to make anything that has too many leftovers. I like them once for lunch but then I want to cook something new…
Winter
Easy Sausage, Potato and Cabbage Soup
It’s gotten chilly here and my eldest was feeling poorly. She was staying here earlier this week while some work was done at her apartment and asked if I’d make some vegetable soup one evening. I made a version of chicken soup with rice, skipping the chicken and adding some sliced zucchini because I have…
Parsnips and Carrots in Lemon Mustard Sauce
I discovered I’d not moved this recipe over from the old site and it’s good enough to bring back. This is from one of my favorite cookbooks, Mom’s Updated Recipe Box: 300 Family Favorites Made Quick and Healthy. That links to a book that is slightly newer than my copy as it has 50 more recipes…
Bread Soup aka Ribollita
This bread soup aka ribollita is packed with flavor and is a great way to use up stale bread or leftover stuffing or dressing. The recipe comes from Tamar Adler’s An Everlasting Meal, one of my favorite books to read from and cook from! I used canned cannelini beans but you could use chickpeas or…
Gingerbread for a Gingerbread House
We just had our 21st annual gingerbread house decorating party. Some people bring the kits you can buy for around $10 and those work great. It’s amazing how different the houses turn out with each person’s individual decorating ideas. But some of us like to build houses from scratch. And they’re not always actually houses….