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Banana Gems

Did you ever have a recipe that you completely forgot about for twenty years? I did! What was I thinking? The other day I called my sister to find out what she’s been up to and she told me that her and the kids were making “Aunt Linda’s Banana Gems”! I blushed for I haven’t […]

PEAS Please!

Hubby loves PEAS. He’s always complaining that he never gets enough. Really? (Don’t they always say that?) For me, PEAS belong in tuna casseroles and with  creamed chicken. Today I opened up the refrigerator to find two breasts, some ‘shrooms and wine. What to do? Sounds like a night for Chicken Marsala! I wanted to […]

Lazy Day Pot Roast

On Sundays, I usually make ‘mega-meals’ which means a meal that is bigger than for the two of us. It’s a meal to split three ways – for us, for his parents and for my parents. Both our parents are aging and while they get “Meals On Wheels” – it gives me great pleasure to […]

Can’t BEET this!

Please Note: This is not a recipe to start today and eat tonight. It takes two days to get to the finish line. It’s something to do while you’re doing everything else. Trust me…it’s worth the wait! I am having a love affair with beets these days. I used to HATE beets…those slimy red things […]

Pandora’s Box

Oi! What started out as what I thought would be a simple task ended up eating (pardon the pun) up my morning. I have a recipe box that I have carried with me from the day I left my parent’s house. There are recipes I clipped from the days of being a newlywed (to my […]

Argggh ugula

One of my motives in cooking is to constantly introduce the ‘green stuff’ into the menu without much kicking and fighting. Keep in mind that I don’t have youngsters to deal with in introducing tastes…we’re talking about a 50+ 60 year old man/boy who never got over the ‘green stuff’ in his youth. That’s my challenge and […]