Mama’s “quick” sauce

“Every bite takes you home” When I was young my sister and I would spend most weekends with my grandparents, my grandmother would make the most delicious foods. Her “quick” sauce was my favorite, she would serve it over angel hair pasta and ricotta. The combination was amazing and as my grandmother always said is…

Read More

My Sunday “gravy”

“Cooking is one of the great gifts you can give to those you love” Ina Garten So while the meatballs are cooking I start my “gravy” . The gravy I make is a combination of my dad’s and grandmother’s. Throughout the years I have mastered a delicious (so my kids say) gravy. 2 cans of…

Read More

Not My Dad’s Meatballs

“food tastes better when you eat it with family” Memories of my dad cooking are the sweetest. He worked all week so on weekends he would cook the most delicious meals. One of my favorites were his meatballs, I would watch him make them but being an Italian he didn’t measure anything. So when I…

Read More

My Gardening Experience

“the earth laughs in flowers” Ralph Waldo Emerson While shopping for plants ( which I never do without Ronnie ) I walked in circles because I didn’t know where to start. Ronnie usually guides me, I tell him the colors I want and he grabs them. I must have looked confused because this lovely lady…

Read More

Tonight’s dinner

“let’s eat” So for dinner I decided to make a shrimp dish with Quinoa. As I was preparing the quinoa, I looked in the freezer to make sure I had shrimp and realized that I didn’t have any. I decided to start cooking at 5 o’clock thinking the shrimp and quinoa wouldn’t take long to…

Read More

Let the birthdays begin!

“life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated” unknown My dad used to say, “Everyone should have a birthday cake”. So of course I go to the extreme in everything I do . When my children were young I had the typical kid’s birthday parties as they got older we would go out…

Read More

The Best Corn on the Cob, Ever!

“eat what makes you happy” When I first got married I decided to make corn on the cob. I thought all you had to do is boil it for a long time, boy was I wrong! I guess I didn’t pay much attention to my parents when they cooked because I didn’t have a clue….

Read More

Day after Sunday

“happiness is…. leftovers” While cooking on Sunday, I try to make enough so I have leftovers for Ronnie and Anthony’s lunch on Monday and a little more for Monday night. Sometime it works and other times like tonight it doesn’t. I thought I had enough meatballs left over for tonight’s dinner and I figured I…

Read More

Polenta with Sausage and mushrooms

“you can’t just eat good food. you’ve got to talk about it first” So another polenta dish, ( I think I finally made the texture like my grandmother’s). I used some milk and cheese to make it creamy, which my son Anthony said made it “unhealthy.” I said “everything in moderation is ok”. I follow…

Read More

Logan’s Stuffed Peppers

“you are what you eat” My daughter Logan decided that she wanted to be a vegetarian. I don’t eat a lot of meat so I didn’t think it would be too difficult, well it is. I have to come up with different recipes, and the rest of my family likes good old fashion meat. Now…

Read More