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Best Spring Rolls Recipe

February 18th, 2009 No comments

Made spring rolls this weekend and they were good.  BTW, you only need about 1/4 of the dipping sauce they suggest for the amount of spring roll generated.

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Best Broccoli Soup Recipe

November 23rd, 2007 No comments

broccoli soup

Don’t like broccoli?  Me neither.  But hold on to your soup bowls, this is a way to eat it that tastes pretty good.  Read more…

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Best Brussels Sprouts Recipe

January 5th, 2007 No comments

I have never liked brussel sprouts, in fact I was generally vegetable averse growing up. It turns out it wasn’t entirely the vegetables’ fault. Read more…

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Best Mashed Potatoes Recipe

January 5th, 2007 No comments

Sometimes you need mashed potatoes. Could be a holiday, could be you have this huge bag of potatoes you bought and they are starting to grow sprouts. Whatever your reason, when the time comes try these out. They are about the best mashed potatoes I’ve ever tasted and I’ve had quiet a few dolops of potatoes in my day. Read more…

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Best Barley Soup Recipe

January 11th, 2006 No comments

barley soup

I had the good fortune of growing up during a bygone era when an average middle class kid like me had a stay home mom who heaped love and good food on me and my family. This recipe is one of my favorite from my mom’s repertoire. It tastes great, it’s simple, Read more…

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Best Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

January 1st, 2006 No comments

For me there is no better spaghetti sauce that the stuff I grew up with. Period. I grew up on this stuff and maybe that’s got something to do with it, but when I make my friends have no problem polishing off a plateful and coming back for more.

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Best Spanish Sweet Bread Recipe

December 29th, 2005 No comments

My great-grandmother was warm, fun, and loving. One of her favorite ways to show us she cared was to cook us food…and to sneak us a cookie when mom wasn’t looking. My great-grandma (who we called Abuelita), grandma, mother, brother, and I have all made this bread and it’s really good. Especially with a little warm butter

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