Category Archives: Desserts

Early Thanksgiving. October 12, 2024

John and I are not going to be home on Thanksgiving so our son, Jon, offered to host Thanksgiving on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. In order to represent the entire North American continent (and to make the grandkids happy) we had … Continue reading

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Passover Seder, April 22, 2024

On Monday, April 22, 2024 we celebrated the first night of Passover. Our Seder plate included lettuce, parsley, charoses (apples, walnuts, wine), horseradish, an egg, and a lamb bone. We went through the blessings, read the story about the flight … Continue reading

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Lentil stew with turkey sausage. 3/9/24

I am playing a little catch-up from last week this morning. Lentil stew was our Saturday night dinner and on Sunday we were having a family party where we ate tacos and fancy little cakes. Our daughter-in-law’s sister is a … Continue reading

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Winery dinner in Sonoma. 9/21/23

We are having a second celebration of John’s birthday with a fancy dinner at a winery inSonoma, CA. Each dish is paired with a wine from the winery in a multi-course dinner. We do not go out to dinner or … Continue reading

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Christmas Eve and Christmas, 2022

I hope everyone had wonderful holidays with great food and good times with family and friends. In the excitement of the holidays and all the good things to eat I forgot to take any pictures. So I can merely give … Continue reading

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Anniversary dinner 7/17/22

This road trip we are taking through Canada and the Pacific Northwest is in celebration of John and my 50th Anniversary! Yes, by simply cooking together you too can achieve fifty years of wedded bliss! Haha, just kidding, it takes … Continue reading

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Purim, when all food is triangular 3/16/22

Our Purim celebration featured a lot of triangular food. The triangular theme represents the hat of Haman, the evil bad guy. Haman was plotting to get all the Jews killed but Queen Esther out-smarted him. So on Purim we celebrate … Continue reading

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Lasagna. 12/31/21

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Our daughter made lasagna to help us ring out the old year. She uses Ronzoni oven-ready noodles and follows the package instructions. I made my cornmeal and molasses pudding for dessert. It is actually hasty pudding adapted … Continue reading

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Christmas Eve and Christmas, 2021

This is the first year since 2017 that the whole family has been together. I did not think to take much in the way of food pictures but here is a summary of what we had. The baking of cookies … Continue reading

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Anniversary dining out. 7/15/21

Thursday John and I went out to celebrate being married for 49 years. The actual date is Saturday and we will continue celebrating then as well. We did not actual have a wedding but eloped instead finding a Justice of … Continue reading

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