Today is my Mother-in-law’s 88th birthday. We didn’t know what to get her. What better present to a senior but the gift of food. This is her favorite dish. Happy Birthday Inez! Growing up, my Mother would always have the big family meal on Sunday. It was usually a roast, stuffed cabbages or stuffed peppers. […]
Category Archives: A Muse in My Kitchen
I have to admit that I have a love/hate relationship with shrimp. I love to eat them but I hate to clean them…it grosses me out. Okay, now that you have full disclosure – I hate cleaning shrimp. I wear rubber gloves. Sometimes I close my eyes. I even have a little red shrimp cleaning […]
I have been really getting into stir frys these days. They are such an easy way to be creative with cooking! Color, texture, flavor… Start with a basic recipe and add your own flair. That’s what I did last night. I started with a basic recipe from the March issue of Cooking Light. The first time I […]
This week I was blessed with a gift certificate to Williams Sonoma for a hundred dollars. Wow! I was like a kid in a candy shop – wide eyed and overwhelmed by all that surrounded me. I was torn between a pasta maker and a panini machine. But I figured I would get more use […]
One of my favorite food indulgences is a good old juicy hamburger and French fries. When I feel the need to nurture myself, I will go to one of my favorite restaurants and order me up one of those babies! In fact, when I was on Weight Watchers (where I lost 35 pounds) – for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Full Disclosure: I typically don’t cook like this…way too long…way too many calories…and way too much frying! For the heck of it, read the rest of the journey below. I get back from vacation and am feeling guilty that I started this blog and haven’t posted much content yet. I realize that it is Fat Tuesday and […]