Cooking from my mom’s recipe box has been an interesting experience. It’s not like I am cooking her recipes, she didn’t have recipes for most of what she made. Her recipe box is a collection of recipes she got from friends and family (including me), or clipped out of a newspaper. Although I mostly am…
Stephanie’s Rugelach – Exploring Mom’s Recipe Box #9
Shavuot is coming up this week, and I associate rugelach with Shavuot. And…I found a rugelach recipe in my Mom’s recipe box…
Persian-ified Cincinnati Chili – Exploring Mom’s Recipe Box #8
I had planned to make my Cincinnati Chili recipe, the one I have used for decades, the one in my mom’s recipe box. But, as I started, I heard my oldest daughter in my head telling me that she recently made the greek “chili” that Cincinnati chili was based on, and preferred it. So, I…
New Job, New Garden, So Much Uncertainty
After 3 years in Portland, I was finally approached to apply for a job that I would really enjoy. My forest therapy guiding business was growing, but very slowly, so I applied. And…I start May 1. 15 days. It feels like it is coming very quickly and I am nervous. I know I will do…
Tuna Matzoh Lasagna
It seems that every year at Passover I try to make a matzoh lasagna, but have had varying degrees of success (or failure). Sometimes it comes out tasty, but it isn’t very healthy. Sometimes it is watery, sometimes it falls apart. But sometimes… Earlier this year, I was having fond memories of a tuna lasagna…
Passover Granola: This was also in my mom’s recipe box
In the spirit of exploring my mom’s recipe box, I am revisiting this post from a decade ago…Hands down, this granola is my family’s favorite thing I make for Passover. Even though it makes 2 quarts, I usually have to make it at least twice to get us through the week. (NOTE: this year, in…
Marc’s Chicken – Exploring Mom’s Recipe Box #7
So I have to say that I love that my mom used whatever index cards she could find for her recipe box. There was a pile of index cards that one of her kids must have put the alphabet on. Never one to be wasteful, she would use the card with the first letter of…
Banana-Chocolate-Peanut Granola – Exploring Mom’s Recipe Box #6
This was a granola recipe I used to make. I revised it (see the blue ink) to incorporate what I happen to have in my house at this moment. It is still delicious! I think my husband at ¼ of if for breakfast the first day!
Making Khoresh Bademjun (Persian Eggplant Stew) in Sweden
I am in Sweden visiting my daughter and her family. We were invited to their Persian friends house for a cookout challenge – her khoresh bademjun v. my khoresh bademjun. Unfortunately, on the day of the challenge, their family was sick, so it was cancelled. Since I had already roasted 6 medium eggplants, it would…
Cornmeal Crusted Tilapia and Lemon Garlic Spinach – Exploring Mom’s Recipe Box #5 – sort of
“Sort of” Why, sort of? Well, these were two recipes my mom got from college-aged Andrea (me) in the early 80’s,
Andrea's Garden Cooking 