I have made the Apple Pancake many many times, but this morning I had lots of blueberries so I thought I would see what happens. I sautéed the blueberries in butter and sugar and some cinnamon. Once I had a nice hot boiling pan of blueberries in syrup I poured over one recipe of my buttermilk pancake recipe and cooked…
Category: Recipes
Homemade Pizza
This was pizza improvisation night. No recipes here. I just bought some really good nitrate free smoked salami and pepperoni. The dough for the crust came from Trader Joes. Put a lot of olive oil over the crust. The mozzarella was freshly made at Fairway. Some Parmesan Reggiano grated on top. Garnished with some fresh arugula and balsamic vinegar to…
Sausage Stuffing with Fennel and Roasted Squash
This stuffing was pretty good. I really liked the bread I bought to make the bread cubes. It was a nice ciabatta from the Fairway bakery. I have been trying some new recipes for the past few Thanksgivings but I think I am ready to go back to my tried and true recipe, Sausage and Herb stuffing that I have…
Orange Rolls without any Orange
I got this Overnight Orange Roll recipe probably 15 years ago. I used to make it all the time. These are very light and slightly sweet orange rolls. Perfect to go with a salad for a nice lunch or can be good for breakfast. I wanted a plain roll recipe for Thanksgiving and don’t have all my recipes…
Overnight Layered Green Salad
This is recipe that was popular in the 70’s when I was a kid. My mom never made it but I must have had it at some church potluck or something. It was ubiquitous back then. Anyway, my friend Kim Van Vlear brought it to a neighborhood party and it brought me back to my childhood memories of this. It…
Grandma Grace’s Pumpkin Pie
This recipe conjures up memories of my childhood. Especially the smell of the rum extract. It is a pretty standard pumpkin pie recipe but the addition of rum extract and also the Mapleine make this unique and memorable for me. I think it tastes great! Everyone has their opinions about pumpkin pie but I love this one. Ingredients: 4 eggs…
Brussel Sprouts with Pancetta + Kaimi’s Amazing Deep Fried Turkey
I couldn’t find the original recipe for this so I went by memory. It wasn’t as good as I remember but still good. I wasn’t feeling as inspired this Thanksgiving. Maybe because I miss not having my big family table. We were sitting on the couch and living room chairs using the coffee table, using the small table by the…
Cranberry-Tangerine Relish
I love this stuff! I make it every Thanksgiving. It is fresh and delicious and so easy to make. So easy I never got really any good pictures. The original recipe is from a 1993 Bon Apettit called Cranberry-Tangerine Relish with Walnuts. I don’t use the walnuts anymore but found a variation of this recipe that grind the walnuts with…
Beef Tacos and Shishito Peppers
Roger started cooking up some ground beef with an onion and some bell pepper for tacos. It was my job to figure out how to make it taste like taco beef. I added some salt and pepper and cumin and oregano and garlic but it didn’t taste right yet. I was trying to figure out what it was missing and…
Roasted Root Vegetables
Isn’t this beautiful! I love the colors! Art in nature! An old neighbor Melissa Churlonis told me about this many years ago. It is from epicurious.com. I have been making this for Thanksgiving since the 90’s. I have adapted the original pretty significantly because it is basically just roasted vegetables. INGREDIENTS 12 baby beets, trimmed, peeled 2 pounds red-skinned…