My mom’s stuffed cabbage is AMAZING and is one of my favorite things to eat. She learned how to make it from my grandmother whose parents where from Czechoslovakia. I finally had my mom show me how to make them. There are a few secrets that I did not include here 🙂 There are many variations of this recipe. Some people include …
I had about 5 cups of homemade chicken stock left in my freezer and I wanted to use it up. I remembered that the jambalaya recipe calls for about 5 cups of stock, so I thought this would be a great way to use it up! My mom is staying with us for a bit, …
Every year we go to my cousin’s house on Christmas Eve and I normally bring dessert. There is usually cherry pie, cheesecake and brownies. This year I opted to try two new recipes – one for Ina Garten’s “Linzer Cookies” and one for Maple Pecan Streusel Bars. (I have not included the recipe for the bars …
My husband needed to take something to work for his holiday potluck and side dishes were needed. My husband asked that I make this French potato salad which I made over the summer for a family cookout and everyone thought it was fabulous. It’s a great, lighter alternative to regular mayonnaise-based potato salads (which my …
A friend at work made this for our holiday potluck and gave me the recipe. It’s super easy, pretty healthy and tasty.  I made this the day I made the sugar cookies for the cookie swap since I knew I’d be busy for a few hours decorating cookies (and I would NOT feel like cooking …
We are doing a cookie swap (aka cookie exchange) at work. I chose to make decorated sugar cookies. I was at Crate and Barrel a few weeks ago and picked up The Art of the Cookie cookbook. The book focuses mostly on decorating different types of cookies but does include several base recipes, one …
I made minestrone with my homemade chicken stock. It was delicious and super easy to make. I will definitely make this again soon! I used Ina Garten’s recipe as a starting point, but tweaked it a little (I substituted zucchini for butternut squash; also, Ina adds pesto at the end which I did not do). …
Everyone says how much better homemade chicken stock is, so I decided to see for myself. I used Ina Garten’s recipe but tweaked it. Ina’s recipe uses three chickens in a 16- to 20-quart stockpot. However, my stockpot is only 12-quarts, so I changed the recipe to do about 2/3 the recipe. Ingredients 2 …