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Category Archives: Holidays
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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Fusilli with pesto 12/20/22
We were supposed to be having chicken Marsala with mashed potatoes and broccoli tonight but I looked up from wrapping presents and it was after 6 PM and that dinner idea was out the window. Pasta with a cube of … Continue reading
Posted in American, Dining out, Healthy tips, Holidays, Italian, Kitchen tips
Tagged pasta
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Potato latkes. 12/5/21
Sunday night was the last night of Hanukkah so we fired up our electric wok with plenty of oil and made potato latkes. Actually John did all this and I just devoured the crispy potato pancakes. We and our daughter … Continue reading
Thanksgiving dinner and leftovers night. 11/25-26/21
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate in the U.S. I hope your dinner went well and you were able to enjoy being with your friends and relatives this year. John and I hosted 10 people and the preparations were done … Continue reading
Posted in American, Holidays, Leftovers For Dinner, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged Thanksgiving, Turkey
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Deconstructed stuffed cabbage. 9/21/21
This was our last dinner before leaving on vacation. I made it in the Instant Pot. Even though it was simpler than actually stuffing the cabbage leaves it was still a lot of work. Delicious, though. Since we were celebrating … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Beef, Holidays, Instant Pot, Vegetables
Tagged cabbage, challah, meatballs
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Birthday dinner! Scallops, new potatoes, collards and corn. 9/14/21
This simple but delicious dinner was John’s choice for his birthday. I must admit that I had to put him to work cooking the scallops and he did his usual wonderful job. I steamed the potatoes and sautéed the collards … Continue reading
Posted in American, Baking, Holidays, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged Pretzel rolls, scallops
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Rosh Hashanah celebration. 9/6/21
The dinner we had with our celebration was pretty ho-hum, a grilled flank steak and half potato plus Brussels sprouts. But the celebration platter and the fabulous round braided challah that our daughter made were spectacular! On our platter we … Continue reading
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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