I used a combination of Ann Lander’s famous meatloaf recipe and my mother, Shirley Fried’s meatloaf recipe. This came out delicious! Noah and Hannah loved it! And that’s an accomplishment! about 2 3/4 lb. 85 percent Angus chopped meat from McCaffrey’s 1/2 cup plain Jason’s bread crumbs 1 1/2 cups mixture of one 8 oz. […]

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Peel 5 lbs. russet potatoes and then slice horizontally so each potato will be in 2 halves, then cut each half in 2 pieces. Put in large pot of cold water, bring to boil and simmer until potatoes are soft- like for making mashed potatoes- fork goes in easily. I used a slotted spoon to […]

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In the near future in fall of 2025, I am going to make both versions and between Benji and me, we will judge which one is better. Recipe 1: Today Oct. 29, 2020 I adapted Martha Stewart’s recipe: https://www.marthastewart.com/340253/french-onion-soup and Benji just said, “So good!” “Better than out!”  So I sliced thinly about 2 ¼ […]

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Dan made the brisket for Erev Rosh Hashana on September 22, 2025, and I loved it! This is what he told me he did: Cut up 1 large onion, a few celery stalks, a few carrots, 1 28 oz. can Cento diced tomatoes, and 1 packet of Lipton’s onion soup. He covered the pot, and […]

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Newest blueberry corn muffins: I picked Hannah up from school on at The Waldorf School, and she asked me if I had baked some of my blueberry corn muffins . I had anticipated that Hannah would want them! I had them in the car with me and Hannah had one and loved it. When we […]

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I put a few recipes together, and came up with this heavenly pie, which I brought to Dara’s house tonight for dinner. Noah is really harping on me unrelentingly to try out for Master Chef. I do think the pie today was Master Chef worthy, even though by accident, I sprinkled the crumb topping with […]

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I’ve followed a few different pesto recipes over the years, and I sort of combined parts of Mark Bittman’s and Florence Fabricante’s recipes and came up with this recipe: 2 packed cups of basil leaves 3 tablespoons pine nuts 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 medium sized cloves of fresh garlic about 1/2 teaspoon […]

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Chinese Shrimp Noodle Bowl or Chicken or Tofu made with Noah on July 5, 2022 originally from Magnolia magazine (Tofu version made on July 27, 2023) I made this with Noah on July 5, 2022 at my house. When Noah ate it, he said, “He said, “This tops the last time you made this” and […]

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June 6, 2022: I made fish tacos and they were delicious! I bought tilapia from Whole Foods- 1 lb. for me, Benji, and Titi and it was perfect fish for the tacos. More recently, I’m using frozen wild cod filets from Costco. I sprinkled some light olive oil on both sides of defrosted filets. 3 […]

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I adapted this recipe from: https://www.veganricha.com/garlic-parmesan-orzo-pasta/ It sounded like this would be great for Ezra to eat on the side with my new orzo recipe. Ezra said it tasted so much like chicken, and he really liked it. I even liked it! It’s so easy to make! I think it would be great in a […]

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