This was my first time attempting to bake an olive oil cake, which my husband shared with me, and it won’t be my last time. I followed the New York Times Recipe posted below, but added 2 teaspoon vanilla extract which I read about in the Bon Appetite recipe. I ...

If you are looking for a traditional Irish recipe to prepare a corned beef and cabbage meal, also know as a “jiggs dinner”, look no further. I prepared this recipe from The Food Network for St. Patrick’s day dinner, and it was a hit! This recipe calls for a ...

The provocation that prompted my interest in reading Pride and Prejudice may be a bit unusual, it was my love of sewing! I became aware of Jane Austen Festivals ( here & here) through reading this Threads magazine article. A seamstress and Jane Austen fan, Katrina Holte, was interviewed about ...

This is a simple & healthy meal, featuring cod fish and vegetables steamed in the oven. Garlic, soy sauce, honey, ginger and a slight kick of serrano pepper, soak into the fish and rice giving it excellent Asian inspired flavor. I have decided that next time I will also add ...

This week I made this creamy chicken Italian soup recipe from Carlsbad Cravings, and oh my goodness, let me tell you, it was such a hit with us. We got about 4 meals out of it (about 8 bowls since there are two of us), and every time looked ...

My mom has collected many great recipes over the years, and among those recipes, there is an envelope labeled “Our ALL TIME favorite recipes”, and this chicken salad recipe can be found in there. While I am not sure the origin exactly, I do know it was passed down in ...

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. Most of my adult life I have had jobs that require getting to work so early, that I haven’t had the opportunity to sit down and enjoy breakfast. Therefore on days when I actually get to sit down and enjoy breakfast it ...

My husband is a wonderful cook. He enjoys it, and he’s good at it. But when he needs a break, and therefore I have a file on Pinterest of recipes to try. This mozzarella chicken recipe comes from Little Spice Jar , and what I liked about it was her ...

Watching Rick Steve’s European travel episode in Vienna, Austria, I was inspired to try to make an authentic apple strudel recipe, also known as Wiener Apfelstrudel. This classic Viennese dessert entails stretching out a homemade dough to tissue-thin, see-through thinness, and rolling up an apple, rum soaked raisin, nut, and ...

While on quarantine, I have been looking for activities to keep me busy. I told my husband I would like to bake us a dessert, and he found this recipe for one of his favorite types of cake, banana. This recipe comes from Spend With Pennies blog.This fluffy moist cake ...