For the first time in quite a while I went to the farmer’s market on Saturday morning. I walked over to my daughter’s and her fiance’s apartment and then we walked to the market together. I couldn’t resist the gorgeous eggplants and I loved that they were smaller since I’m usually cooking for just 1…
Easy Recipes
Nigella Lawson’s Blondies
Marlo is off camping for a bit and I wanted to send him off with a treat. I had used some condensed milk to make these carnitas but had most of the can left over. I found Nigella Lawson’s Blondies in her cookbook Nigella Kitchen. Oh my are they good! I wouldn’t call these “blondies”…
Sarah’s Apple Crisp with Oatmeal Topping
My daughter Sarah keeps making this old recipe for apple crisp that does not have any oats in the topping so I’m posting this for her, as I don’t seem to have put our other recipe up here yet. This comes from a great old cookbook, More is Less by Doris Longacre. People from all…
Rhubarb Upside Down Cake
I got this recipe from a cooking forum and know I will be making it many times! It goes together very quickly and tastes fantastic. What else could you ask for? It’s not very photogenic but it tastes so good you won’t care. 3-4 cups of sliced rhubarb are tossed with brown and white sugar,…
Dom’s Mamma’s Pasta e Fagioli
The other day Marlo pulled out some leftovers his mom had given him, pasta e fagioli, pasta with beans. I snuck a bite (having eaten earlier) and it was so good, even cold! I couldn’t get it out of my mind so I decided to make my own last night. I had made a pasta…