When I was a child, my mother worked full-time. She also loved to cook and taught me early on. I spent a pretty fair amount of time standing on a stool next to her following her directions. Her love for cooking was passed down to me, and to this day, I love to try new… Read More
Yes, you read that right. Green tomatoes. Try not to think about it too hard. We have loads of green tomatoes and I hate to let them freeze on the vine but I don’t have the room to pull up the vines and hang them until the tomatoes turn red. I needed another idea. I’d… Read More
Don’t be fooled by the title of this recipe post. There are no rice crispies in this recipe, nor does “grown-up” imply said treat is healthy, low-calorie, or in some way good for you. Sometimes grown-ups need treats if only because they have survived the rigors of puberty, young-adulthood, and can deal with family without… Read More
Growing up in my house, my family created one of my favorite Sunday traditions. My parents would wake up at the crack of dawn (more like 8 a.m., but for a kid, that’s EARLY!) and go buy bagels for my sisters and me for breakfast. I’d usually wake up to the smell of my mom… Read More
When I was a kid, I HATED baking. I was the oldest of 8, had a step-dad with a major sweet tooth, and a mom who didn’t know the meaning of doing anything in small measures. I was stuck. Stuck with baking for (what seemed) like millions of hours–cookies and more cookies, to be sealed… Read More
After favoring Italian foods most of my adult life, I recently noticed that for the past year or so I’ve been developing quite an appetite for oriental foods especially the spicy kind. One of my favorite oriental “comfort foods” is orange chicken with chow mien. Lately, I’ve taken an interest in wanting learn how to… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this... Read More
When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I... Read More