Food good for body and soul
Some folks prefer the convenience of buying ready-made breadcrumbs, but I like to make my own. I simply save any bread ends or scraps that would otherwise get tossed in a brown paper bag in my cupboard. When I need breadcrumbs, I just toss the …
Dry. Tasteless. Boring…… And, don’t get me going about that cream of mushroom soup and rice thing we all do with pork chops. I had pork chops in the freezer and it was time to finally use them. Some kind of bone-in sirloin chop. They …
I need to do another post to finish up Easter, especially so I can share the recipes of the lovely items that other folks brought. But, it has been a busy few weeks. I was totally booked the entire weekend of April 10-11 and again …
This was really tasty! I was unsure when I first viewed the recipe, but I am really glad I tried it. I bought a Sicilian eggplant from Farmer Dave at the Wakefield Farmer’s Market and didn’t feel like doing the usual garlic, olive oil, and/or …
WOW. This was, to quote the native Wakefield MA person that I am, “wicked good!” (Should I add “Menga? I have no idea how to spell it, but the last time I heard it (other than from some long-lost and quickly again forgotten person I …
This was my second time making homemade tomato sauce from tomatoes from my garden this summer. The first time, I started with 2 pounds of tomatoes and that just did not make enough sauce for my druthers. This time, I started with over 4 pounds …
I have a number of recipes for collard greens – some vegetarian, some more traditional, some specifying longer cook times, and one I found and use often that cooks up collards “quick and easy.” Before I get into the details of how I prepared them …
Last Christmas, I received a lovely, thoughtful gift from the Coolidge family, with whom I grew up on Park Ave in Wakefield. (Daughter Linda and I have been best friends since 1965! And, coincidentally, the canisters peeking out from behind the book in the photo …