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Oct 19, 2025

Another Week In My Kitchen

Oat-banana-muffinsNot all of my experiments turn out. I only post them when they turn out many times and when my husbands says, “You can make that again!”  Wait… is that a diss at all my other stuff? Here’s what I made this week…

  • Oatmeal banana muffins (without the crunchy top) – I sprinkled the tops with sugar for a crispy top.
  • Cabbage soup
  • Vegetable fried rice
  • Radicchio & endive salad
  • Tortillas
  • Caramel corn
  • Vegetable cashew stir fry with asian salad
  • Deviled eggs
  • No knead whole wheat bread
  • Angel hair casserole + salad

angel-hair-casserole

  • Apple bread
  • Marinara sauce
  • Crepes
  • Crepe manicotti with spinach + salad
  • No knead pumpernickel bread
  • Taco salad
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Oct 12, 2025

Homemade is Always Better

shredded-chicken-in-red-sauceI can’t think of anything that isn’t better when it’s homemade, from scratch. Sometimes, when I’m tired of cooking, which translates to “tired of washing dishes” and we go out to eat, I’m always reminded why I cook at home. Everything homemade just tastes better. Here’s what I cooked this week…

  • Spaghetti with shredded chicken + salad & garlic bread
  • Oatmeal muffins
  • Turkey chili with crusty rolls + salad
  • Double chocolate chip cookies
  • Peanut butterhow-to-make peanut-butter
  • Peanut butter cookies (they’re all in the freezer)
  • Vegetable fried rice with salad (working on Asian ginger salad dressing)
  • No knead whole wheat bread
  • Egg salad
  • Double chocolate almond biscotti
  • Sheet pan chicken & vegetables (this time with red potatoes & green beans)
  • Vegetable cashew stir fry (still not perfect 😣)
  • Taco salad
  • Chocolate pudding

I’m reducing sugar so most of our desserts are a cookie or sometimes, I have one or two of my chocolate clusters. I bake and freeze cookies all the time so we can always have something sweet after dinner. These days,  homemade pudding seems a bit extravagant. 😋

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Oct 5, 2025

I Love My Cooking

chicken-kabobs

It’s hard to take these pictures when I’m hungry and ready to eat. They are quick snapshots in a messy kitchen but here they are. In sharing these weekly posts, I’ve come to realize that I make a lot of bread. That means I eat a lot of bread. But I like it! 😍 Here’s what I made this week…

  • Chicken veggie kabobs
  • Seeded no knead bread. (it’s my whole wheat version with 1/4 cup of a seed mix)
  • One pan broccoli bran pasta + salad
  • Almond butter
  • Oatmeal muffins
  • Tortillas
  • Chicken & spinach skillet pasta + salad
  • No knead fruit & nut bread

fruit-and-nut-bread

  • Custard pudding
  • Whole wheat no knead bread
  • Granola bars
  • Branzino with Greek spinach rice + crudite
  • Apple bread
  • Taco salad
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Sep 28, 2025

Another Week of Fun!

Veggie Cashew Stir Fry

I’m working on more vegetarian recipes. Now if I could just grow may own vegetables… I quit because the squirrels always win. 🐿 Here’s what I made this week:

  • Vegetable cashew stir fry (a work in progress)
  • Cabbage soup
  • Pumpernickel bread
  • Dark chocolate dipped coconut macaroons
  • Turkey meatballs with pesto pasta + salad
  • Tortillas
  • Custard pudding
  • No knead whole wheat bread
  • Baked ziti + salad
  • Apple pudding
  • Granola bars

homemade-granola_bars-recipe

  • Crispy oatmeal cookies (no chocolate chips)
  • Chicken breast with rice and steamed carrots & green beans
  • Dark chocolate-cashew clusters
  • Taco salad
  • Vegetable cashew stir fry (2nd version)

(Not all recipes that I made this week are posted. That usually means they are not ready for prime time yet! 🙂)

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Sep 21, 2025

This Week In My Kitchen

mexican-black-bean-casserole

I shop at 5 different store to get the best stuff… Sprouts for organic nuts, Ralphs for bags of mini organic apples, Vons for mild olive oil for my butter-mix, Erehwon for sourdough bread, and Gelson’s for sardines. Here’s what I made this week…

  • Mexican black bean casserole + salad
  • Oatmeal muffins
  • Salmon patties with roasted vegetables
  • No knead whole wheat bread
  • Almond butter
  • Lemon blueberry loaf

lemon-blueberry-loaf

  • Roasted chicken breasts with broccoli rice & salad
  • Vegetable soup
  • Chicken club sandwiches
  • No knead bread for croutons
  • Croutons
  • Taco salad (every Saturday)
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Sep 14, 2025

What I Cooked This Week

crispy-focaccia-recipe

Another week of homemade goodness….

  • Crispy focaccia
  • Creamy chicken & broccoli + salad
  • Chocolate pudding
  • Spinach-basil pesto to freeze
  • Baked chicken breast with rice & steamed vegetables
  • Apple bread
  • Branzino with rice and broccoli + salad

homemade-branzino

  • Skinless chicken drumsticks
  • Potato salad
  • Coleslaw
  • Vegetable fried rice
  • Cabbage soup
  • Tortillas
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Sep 6, 2025

I’ve Been Busy

seeded_no_knead_breadWhen I tell people I cook every day, I’m not lying! And I love it. ❤️ Here’s what I made this week.

  • Seeded whole wheat no knead bread
  • Chicken & mushrooms with steamed squashes + salad
  • Tortillas
  • Custard pudding
  • Vegetable fried rice + Asian salad
  • Oatmeal muffins
  • Greek lemon chicken with potatoes and green beans + salad

Greek_lemon_chicken_green_beans

  • Almond butter
  • Peanut butter
  • Apple bread
  • Salmon salad for sandwiches
  • Spaghetti with cherry tomatoes & broccoli
  • Granola bars (for friends and neighbors)
  • Taco Salad
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Aug 30, 2025

This Week In My Kitchen

whole-wheat-no-knead-breadI miss Bed Bath & Beyond. I’m keeping my coupons just in case… 🤞Here’s what I made this week:

  • Whole wheat no knead bread
  • Pan-fried turkey meatballs + salad
  • Spinach pesto (for the meatballs & pasta)
  • Taco Casserole with steamed beets

steamed-beets

  • Granola bars
  • Pumpernickel bread (my husband’s favorite)
  • Taco salad
  • Oatmeal muffins
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Aug 22, 2025

What I Made This Week

homemade-pizzaThe kitchen is my happy place so here is what I made this week:

  • Pizza on a pizza stone + salad
  • Apple bread
  • Salmon salad for sandwiches
  • Deviled eggs
  • Turkey chili + salad
  • No knead crusty rolls (for the chili)
  • Marble loaf cake

marble-loaf-cake

  • Taco salad
  • Granola bars
  • Spaghetti with spinach + salad
  • Salmon patties with rice and steamed vegetables
  • Dark chocolate cashew clusters
  • Crispy oat cookies

I haven’t had a cold or flu in over 50 years. Hmmm… I wonder if it’s the home cooking? 🙂

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Aug 15, 2025

Prune Whip

This is my most treasured cookbook, the one I learned how to cook with. It was published in 1968 and is still a classic today. I often refer to it and this time, I came across an old recipe for prune whip. I see a lot of people ask about how to make prune whip so I took a picture of the recipes (2 actually, one stovetop and one baked) and am posting them here for anyone who wants to make old fashioned prune whip, or maybe can use this recipe as a base for your own creation.

Prunes provide more than just fiber. They are full of nutrients like potassium, iron, vitamins B6 and K, lots of polyphenols, and boron for bones. Enjoy!

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