This year for my Dad’s Christmas present, I’m including a dozen+ frozen dinners. Chili, beef stew, pot roast, and tonight’s installment: Pasta e Fagioli Soup 1 lb ground beef* 1 tsp salt ½ tsp pepper 1 tsp oregano 1 tsp basil ¼ tsp thyme 1 small onion, diced 8 oz carrots, sliced 3 stalks celery,…
Revisiting this recipe because it’s been ridiculously cold this week and I’ve about had it with ducks being inside and puppies crazed because they aren’t getting enough outdoor time. So this and French Bread are all that’s holding me together. From 2020: In my quest to update some of my older recipes for Instant Pot…
Our annual Christmas Eve dinner has always been guests’ choice. And has become tradition, Spinach Lasagna is the requested main course. We are really looking forward to getting together this year, especially with the newest addition. We are still deciding between a movie or a board game, but I have both on hand, so we…
Cool weather has settled in and I’ve had a pot of soup on most days. Today I felt like some simple, quick chicken noodle. Easy Chicken Noodle Soup 8 cups water 12 oz sliced carrots (I used frozen) 2 stalks of celery, sliced 1 lb boneless chicken breast, cubed 1/2 onion, diced 2 tsp crushed…
Let’s talk about browning ground beef. I had someone tell me they hated ground beef because of the texture and flavor. But they like hamburgers…a lot. I then assumed it was because of the way they were browning their ground beef. Often folks just put it in a pan, break it up, and heat it…
Tonight’s menu features the Cantanzaro spice mix. Cantanzaro is a city in Italy. So there are a lot of herbs this Italian girl recognizes: marjoram, basil, thyme, rosemary and oregano. And garlic, lots of garlic. But the kicker is the lemon and lemon peel. It’s all very fresh for late summer/early fall harvest and great…
Ice Cream or Gelato? Why not both?! Yummy Vanilla Nut Crunch can be found here. And two Strawberry Ice Cream recipes here. I have also made plenty of gelatos. It is definitely one of my favorite styles of ice cream. Smooth, creamy and not as heavy as many full cream styles. Pictured above, Chocolate Hazelnut…
So I had another birthday not too long ago and there was much celebrating. I prefer a Key Lime Pie (recipe here) to cake on my birthday. But this year, I decided to go with Key Lime Bars instead. Easier to transport and package up as ‘thank-yous’ to various folks. This time, I had just…
I processed the few grapes I got this year into juice that I then add to my morning shakes. My neighbor gave me a handful of passion fruit, as an exchange for all my plums her toddler loves to eat. So I also added those to my shake this morning. Not exchange was not necessary,…
The tomato harvest has been lackluster this year. Weird weather has caused the fruit to be small and slow to ripen. Some I’m afraid are not going to ripen at all. The San Marzano, which should be about the size of a Roma, look more like cherry tomatoes. Early Girls are anything but early and…
Annie DeMoranville 