Cheese / Dairy / Soups / Vegetables

Roasted Red Pepper and Ricotta Soup

One of my favorite recipes to make with roasted red peppers is this Orzo dish. I always end up with extra roasted peppers. This soup recipe is a great way…

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March 19, 2016

Appetizer / Shellfish

Roasted Shrimp Cocktail

Shrimp cocktail is a favorite hors d'oeuvre of mine. I serve it every Christmas Eve and sometimes at dinner parties. I used to boil the shrimp until I read about…

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March 2, 2016

Main Dishes / Side Dish / Vegetables / Vegetarian

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Coconut Curry Chickpeas

I love a good, hearty plant-based meal.  This one fits the bill and it's full of flavor. It comes together very quickly, especially if you microwave the sweet potatoes, so…

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February 16, 2016

Chocolate / Desserts / Vegetarian

Stuffed Cookie Dough Bites

One of my sons has started to enjoy baking. He has a penchant for edible chocolate chip cookie dough, and by edible, I mean the kind that doesn't have raw…

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February 14, 2016

Beans / Main Dishes / Pasta / Vegetables / Vegetarian

Pasta e Ceci (Pasta with Chickpeas)

We ate this last night for dinner. After all these years, do you think the boys shared it with us? Nope. Do you think the boys wanted to try it?…

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February 2, 2016

Chocolate / Dairy / Desserts

No Bake Eclair Cake

This is a dessert that one of my sons has made several times recently.  It's certainly not fancy, nor is it particularly gourmet, but what it is, is delicious! It's…

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January 29, 2016

Other / Vegetarian

The Simplest Lemon Sauce

I receive a bunch of daily recipe emails from cooking websites and blogs. This recipe caught my eye the other day. The sauce looked so luscious, yet so simple. I've…

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January 28, 2016

Snacks

Knox Blox (or kid-friendly vodka jello)

In college there was a small group of us who would bring vodka jello to parties. We did it for years, post-college too. My parents grew to like it, and…

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January 27, 2016

Breakfast/Brunch / Fruit / Nuts / Rice/Grains / Snacks / Vegetarian

Eleven Madison Park Granola

There's a wonderful restaurant nestled on the edge of Madison Square Park in Manhattan where I'm told you get to take home some delicious granola at the end of your…

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January 26, 2016

Cheese / Dairy / Side Dish / Vegetables / Vegetarian

Cheesy Hasselback Potato Gratin

My parents host a huge Easter dinner every year. My mother has four brothers and in turn I have lots of cousins, who have lots of children. Easter is so…

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January 23, 2016