Last week a friend let me know she tried one of my recipes. That excites me. What can I say? I’m a simple girl. She told me she prepared the bacon wrapped chicken and used roasted red pepper and provolone cheese which were different from the original recipe’s ingredient list. According to her and her … Continue reading »
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Cooking classes and changes
I’ve been super busy trying to get all my information together for my upcoming cooking classes. This Thursday I’m doing a class for the seniors and they requested pierogis. I’m excited about this group of seniors. They were a lot of fun last time and when I mentioned that I had just made pierogis at … Continue reading »
Pork Rollatini with Tomato Sauce
Today I invented a new recipe for us to try. I am guessing someone else might have made something similar but when I searched it out nothing came up. So I just started thinking of how can I fix these thin cut pork cutlets, we wanted something different from my normal ways of cooking them, … Continue reading »
Grandma’s Little Helper for Pierogis
Yesterday I had my daughter and grandson over for dinner and visiting time. Za (pronounced with a long a sound) was so glad to be here because he missed us all so much. We all missed him and his momma and were glad for a visit. I figured I would take the time to show … Continue reading »
Cooking tips and more!
Remember how I told you my husband kept getting on me to put some paper and pen on my nightstand so I can jot down blog post ideas? Well I got the idea early this morning for this post, it actually came out of a dream. Can you believe it? I didn’t jot it down … Continue reading »
I taught my first class
Back in December I interviewed for a job to teach cooking classes. I was immediately hired but it took awhile to get my classes on the schedule at the coffee shop/cafe’ where I will be teaching. Wednesday was the first class. I will admit to being a bit nervous going into it but who wouldn’t … Continue reading »
Homemade Pierogi
What can I say? I promised one more meal from the famous Italian Roasted Chicken and here it is. Yes, I found a way to incorporate the chicken broth into homemade pierogi. I follow food guide at About.com’s Eastern European food section, Barb Rolek, on her Facebook fan page. I asked her for a recipe using … Continue reading »
Dinner repeats…they do happen now and again.
I think I mentioned before that whenever I make up a new recipe, I don’t write it down even though my husband tells me to do just that. Thankfully I did blog about one such recipe last year. Today we all had a real craving for bacon and I needed my pasta fix since I … Continue reading »
Frustations of an Italian cook
Today is International Day of Italian Cuisines and the featured dish is Pesto alla Genovese. I was very excited to make my own homemade pesto for the first time. Saturday when I was shopping I decided against buying the fresh basil choosing instead to buy it fresh today. Wouldn’t you know it but the two … Continue reading »
The Well-Stocked Italian Kitchen Pantry
Photo credit by Deana Romano One of the major challenges of almost any home chef/cook would be how to keep a well stocked pantry. I’m not talking about buying lots of canned goods in case of emergency or disaster, although for some of us, there are times our first choice menu item doesn’t turn out … Continue reading »
