Chinese Pasta Salad??
Chinese Pasta Salad? Is there such a thing? I doubt it—so what is this?! I don’t know what else to call it! Chinese Pasta Salad is the name it arrived with and I welcome all suggestions for a new name 🙂 This cold…
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Baked Chicken Taquitos
Yes! You can bake taquitos! Who knew? My kids loved taquitos when they were growing up. They were always happy when there was a box of them in the freezer. I wish I knew then what I know now. I could have made batches of…
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
Who eats jarred spaghetti sauce? I hope no one! I don’t; not ever. Well, I’ve had a spoonful here and there, so I do know how bad it is—which is generally too much vinegar. I like wine, tomatoes, onions, fresh mushrooms and…
Hoisin Chicken in Lettuce Cups
Mmmmm… Hoisin chicken, wrapped in a crispy, iceberg lettuce leaf. I don’t remember where I found the original recipe, it was a few years ago. My daughter and I have tinkered with it a bit over the years and now we think…
Chocolate Mocha Tart
I wish I’d had this recipe decades ago! I had three small kids, and I had to take a lot of food to a lot of potlucks, meetings, classes, games, gatherings and parties 🙂 I also had to pull together a…
Lamb Meatballs in a Coconut Curry Sauce
This picture shows just half a recipe. I took one half to a potluck, and the other half I left home for the family 🙂 Another winner from the The Meatball Cookbook Bible! My elder daughter has stopped by twice,…
Gingerbread Biscotti
This biscotti is not sweet and it’s lovely and crumbly, the perfect, light ‘little something’ with a fall cup of tea or coffee. I am quite proud of this recipe—I did my homework before I made it. I looked at a…
Drunken Pear Crisp with Cherries
Everyone who tried this last night—last night refers to one night in the fall of 2009—loved it, except for me! I didn’t fall in love with it until about an hour ago, when I had a bite of the leftovers—soooo…