Cookbook Club – Sababa We used Adeena Sussman’s Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors from My Israeli Kitchen as our April cookbook. Sababa means “everything is awesome” in Hebrew, and is the spirit Sussman uses in her Israel-inspired recipes. We did indeed have a sunny afternoon meal – go to my Cookbook Club site to experience the…
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Greek Lemon Soup
Cookbook Club – The Silver Palate Cookbook Happy new year of Cookbook Club! Our first event of 2024 used the American classic Silver Palate cookbook series – The Silver Palate Cookbook, The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, and The New Basics. To see our full first feast of the year, check out my Cookbook Club site. For…
Roasted Garlic Ricotta Pasta
I was trying to come up with ways to use my bounty of ricotta and I hit on this idea that a creamy sauce of roasted garlic and ricotta with oyster mushrooms and corn over pasta sounded pretty freaking good. I am so glad that I figured out how to easily make roasted garlic in…
3.14 Pi(e) Day V
Well, COVID is still a thing, so once again we did a scaled-back gathering with fewer people in an outdoor setting. Even a global pandemic can’t get in the way of me and pie! Pie Day was a great opportunity to catch up with some of my fellow pie-loving friends, many of whom due to…
Garlicky Anchovy Pasta
I call this Garlicky Anchovy Pasta a “pantry pasta” dish because it’s made with ingredients that I almost always have around. Which means it’s fantastic for those nights when you need to whip up dinner, but heading to the grocery store is one step more than you have energy for. The anchovies add umami but…
Mini Lemandarin Pies
A Lemandarin, also known as a Rangpur Lime or a Mandarin Lime, is a hybrid between a lemon and a mandarin orange. The tree in my neighborhood had a ton of ripe lemandarins in December. I’m told they’re great for making marmalade, but since they’re a bit like sour oranges or Meyer lemons (which you…
Moroccan Lemon Chicken
A friend of mine gave me a jar of homemade preserved lemons. I was super excited because I love homemade food stuffs… and then I realized I didn’t know what to do with them. So I asked around and was given several versions of what is apparently a traditional Moroccan Lemon Chicken dish. Using those…
Lemon Curd
COVID-19 lemon series part 3 – Lemon Curd. What better way to round out a lemon-themed meal than with dessert? I am not a big fan of icing, but I’m all in on using lemon curd as a topping on simple vanilla cake. Bonus – you can spread the leftover lemon curd on pancakes the…
Lemon Dressing
Continuing with my COVID-19 lemon series we have Lemon Dressing! Because you have to have a side dish to go with your lemon chicken, why not whip up a salad with lemon dressing? It’s easy, refreshingly tasty, and versatile – use it on whatever salad fixings you have around. Guessipe 1 TBSP lemon juice 1…
Lemon Chicken Sauce
Grocery store shelves continue to be pretty bare as this COVID-19 craziness continues. But I did get a load of lemons from a friend. She threw them in my trunk as we waved at each other through the window of my car, which was a surreal social interaction I never thought I’d have, but thanks…
Garlic Aioli
I served this to a friend who hates mayonnaise, and he loved it so much that now I have to keep him regularly supplied. He uses it for everything – dipping sauce for fries and tater tots, condiment on sandwiches, seasoning for eggs, even just spread on toast like it’s butter. It’s easy to make,…
Caesar Salad
“Best Caesar Salad I’ve ever had in my life” – according to my friend who thinks Caesar Salad is the epitome of all salads. He also thinks he hates mustard, so I waited until after he was done eating his second bowl before I told him the dressing definitely contains mustard. Despite that, he keeps…