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 …
The colder weather has made me want to try out some hearty soup recipes. I have all of the Barefoot Contessa cookbooks, so I decided to try one of those recipes. This soup turned out really great. It makes a lot of soup! My husband and I took it for lunch for about 3 days, …
Last year I took an apple strudel workshop at Laurel Run Cooking School. So this fall I decided to go to the nearby orchard, Rex Gees Orchard, when apples were in season and make some strudel. I had my mom help out (I learned from my perogi making weekend that 2 cooks can be better than …
A few weeks ago we went to Chicago for the weekend for a friend’s wedding. My husband and I haven’t been to Chicago in years, and we were both there before we met each other. We flew in Friday morning, so we had all of Friday to sight see. Actually, we didn’t see many sights …
Pesto Recipe (Barefoot Contessa recipe)makes 4 cupsIngredients:¼ cup walnuts¼ cup pignolis (pine nuts)3 tablespoons chopped garlic (9 cloves)5 cups fresh basil leaves, packed1 teaspoon kosher salt1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper1 1/2 cups good olive oilDirections: Place the walnuts, pignolis, and garlic in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. …
In March I took a pierogi class at Laurel Run Cooking School. I decided to try the recipe at home. I was too ambitious and thought I could make both sauerkraut and potato & cheese in one day. Next time I will definitely plan to make this a two-day event (which it was) or have …
I bought the Kitchenaid ice cream maker a month or so ago and decided that the 3-day weekend for labor day would be a good time to try out some recipes. I decided on gelato instead of icecream for two reasons: 1) gelato is fabulous and makes me reminisce about Italy; and, 2) it’s made …
OK, so I just created this thing, and I have no idea how to change the layout or do anything. This should be interesting!