QOTD Tues August 11-- Do you all cook/bake from scratch, or from recipes , or do you take the easy way out most of the time? If you have favorite old time family recipes, could you share one of them with the rest of us?
I do both. Since I have been working from home I have found a few recipes on allrecipes.com that I like. One is for a pasta fagiola soup that is now a favorite. https://www.allrecipes.com/search/results/?wt=pasta fagioli&sort=re. the recipe is the first recipe on the left by Star Pooley. I use ditani pasta, not the spinach pasta, and I add a bit of red pepper to it to make it somewhat spicy. I usually add my own touches to recipes and sometimes they are good and sometimes not so good. I don't bake alot as I try to watch what I eat. A friend sent a recipe for a King Arthur Chocolate cake that was made alot during WW II as it does not have butter or eggs. Just google King Arthur's original cake pan cake. I made that for our anniversary and it is so rich and delicious. I made the frosting to go with it but next time I will just dust with confectioner's sugar so I can really taste the cake.
My books are not sorted by anything other than the one I am currently reading is closest to my chair. I keep my to read pile of books stacked up next to my chair. When I am done I decide whether to donate it to the used bookstore or save to read again. Then it may go into the bookshelf or go to the back of the pile. It is a neatly stacked pile of books.
@Pea-n-Me I always like to see the picture of your terrier. I hope you get to adopt the one you mentioned.
@apirateslifeforme Glad your power is back. Eversource has been in trouble before in MA too. We have them but luckily we only lost power for a couple of hours.
Today is younger DS birthday. He is 31. He is a good husband, Dad, and son. His kids love helping him celebrate his birthday.
I do both. Since I have been working from home I have found a few recipes on allrecipes.com that I like. One is for a pasta fagiola soup that is now a favorite. https://www.allrecipes.com/search/results/?wt=pasta fagioli&sort=re. the recipe is the first recipe on the left by Star Pooley. I use ditani pasta, not the spinach pasta, and I add a bit of red pepper to it to make it somewhat spicy. I usually add my own touches to recipes and sometimes they are good and sometimes not so good. I don't bake alot as I try to watch what I eat. A friend sent a recipe for a King Arthur Chocolate cake that was made alot during WW II as it does not have butter or eggs. Just google King Arthur's original cake pan cake. I made that for our anniversary and it is so rich and delicious. I made the frosting to go with it but next time I will just dust with confectioner's sugar so I can really taste the cake.
My books are not sorted by anything other than the one I am currently reading is closest to my chair. I keep my to read pile of books stacked up next to my chair. When I am done I decide whether to donate it to the used bookstore or save to read again. Then it may go into the bookshelf or go to the back of the pile. It is a neatly stacked pile of books.
@Pea-n-Me I always like to see the picture of your terrier. I hope you get to adopt the one you mentioned.
@apirateslifeforme Glad your power is back. Eversource has been in trouble before in MA too. We have them but luckily we only lost power for a couple of hours.
Today is younger DS birthday. He is 31. He is a good husband, Dad, and son. His kids love helping him celebrate his birthday.