• holiday weekend prep

    - - I am working today through Sunday and with daughter and husband coming for the weekend, I need to do a little of prepping. First on the list was more cookies. Of all the cookies I've baked, peanut...

  • Two more of Lidia's recipes

    [Image description] First an update to yesterday's supper of tuna. I went to Wegmans this morning and while there, I checked their price for tuna. They also charge $25.99/lb. for tuna. My sister-in-law,...

  • Grilled Tuna with Oregano

    [Image description] I was at a loss as to what to cook this evening. I brought out my cookbook "Lidia's Italy," and went to one of the yellow tabs that my husband attached to a recipe he found interesting....

  • fresh tomato sauce

    [Image description] My husband didn't get his weekly allotment of pasta last week. As I was off today, I swung by Matt's Farm and Garden Center in Wall Township, and picked up three pounds of plum tomatoes....

  • sunday night supper

    [Image description] It seems that I can cook faster than I can post to my blog. I'm trying to catch up a bit here and hopefully still have a happy husband who's sitting alone right now. I better type...

  • birthday supper

    - - - My daughter had a birthday last this week. The menu for her dinner was Five-Spice Pork (Better Homes and Gardens August 1997), Edie's Macaroni Salad, Broccoli Salad (from Trisha Yearwood). and...