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Category Archives: Desserts
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
Posted in American, Beef, Desserts, Holidays, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables
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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
Posted in Asian, Desserts, Dining out, Fish, pescatarian, Salad, Shellfish, Special occasion, Thai, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
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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
Posted in Desserts, Easy, Holidays, Vegetables
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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
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
Posted in American, Baking, Beef, Desserts, Holidays, Pork, Shellfish, Vegetables
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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
Posted in Desserts, Dining out, Fish, Vegetables
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Father’s Day celebration. 6/19/21
We had a family cookout on Saturday in honor of our two dads, John and our son. The grandkids were excited to have “Zayde burgers” and we had some tasty salads and a banana cake (made by me!) with vanilla … Continue reading
Posted in American, Baking, Beef, Desserts, Grilling, Holidays, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
Tagged hamburgers
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Sbrisolona. 5/9/21
In a departure from my usual egg dish on Sundays (Breakfast For Dinner or BFD), I had dessert for dinner! Since it was Mother’s Day my daughter made me this Italian confection from Mantova. Years ago she, John, and I … Continue reading
Easter bread and Brussels sprouts. 4/4/21
On Sunday we decided to have our eggs in the form of cake. Our daughter made this delicious yeast cake/bread called Colomba di Pasqua, or dove of Easter in Italian. It was so good! We ate a lot of it. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Desserts, Holidays, Italian, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged bread, brussels sprouts, cake, Easter
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Fun Purim celebration. 2/25/21
We do not usually celebrate all the Jewish holidays but since we are still pretty isolated due to the pandemic, our daughter thought that finding occasions to celebrate and make new things was a worthy project. The idea with Purim … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Desserts, Healthy tips, Holidays, Recipes
Tagged hamantashen, Purim
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