It is my belief that a solid recipe for everyday dinner rolls should be in any home cook’s back pocket. At most holiday meals families will have this staple on the table, regardless of other food traditions. I will confess that until about a year…
Some recipes are tried and true wonders of good, home cooking. This creamy broccoli cheddar soup is one of those. See the iterations written in various handwriting in a well-worn cookbook? See the page splattered with who-knows-what (but probably delicious) things throughout the years? That’s…
This oat and wheat bread is a simple, hearty sandwich bread that is easy to make with a kid’s help as it isn’t temperamental to the practice-kneading of a toddler just learning to bake. It is also egg free so if they really want to…
I had never encountered or even considered a world of pestos outside of basil until Fabrizia Lanza’s Coming Home to Sicily introduced us to what is perhaps my new favorite variety of pesto: almond and sage. This pesto di mandorle e salvia is a beautiful…
There is a time in life when making small-batch, homemade biscuits from scratch feels doable on any given weekend. Young children often make this an impossibility. In 2014, when I shared this recipe for biscuits, I had the time to manually mix the dough and…
I never appreciated the magnificent convenience of (homemade) freezer foods until having children. There are virtually no cons, and the ability to have essentially on-demand family meals made with ingredients you yourself laid eyes on is a pro; the ability to have a nice meal…
I so often find myself in need of tomato-based sauces that I have taken to hoarding a full batch of frozen tomato sauce in the freezer, several large cans of crushed tomatoes in my pantry, and our CSA fresh canned tomatoes in the refrigerator at…
I remember my father’s paternal grandmother as a strong, Southern woman. She was a force. I only saw her on holidays but I will never forget her cooking, which we ate at home all throughout the year. She used to freeze her fresh-from-the-garden, hand-battered okra…
As a long-time vegetarian I have explored the many meat alternatives available in grocery store aisles. I like a good number of them for their flavor, but always have some concern about the contents of what I am eating. For instance, the fake soy bacon…
Growing up, my family ate a ton of breakfast foods. One of the things we commonly ate on special occasions were sausage balls. These are tiny bites of absolute heaven. Cheesy goodness and spicy sausage held together with a little breadiness from a Bisquik box. Little…