I recently picked up a quart of pasta fagioli from Joe Leone’s in Point Pleasant, and I enjoyed it so much, I made my own version today. It is absolutely heavenly and satisfying on a chilly autumn day. Benji loved it, and I’ll bring some to Randi tomorrow at school for lunch. about 2 T […]

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I’m always trying to come up with more interesting vegetarian options when I cook for Ezra for our weekly Friday night dinners. It’s so easy for me to come up with the meat option, but not as as for the vegetarian. I know that Ezra likes tofu, and broccoli, and Chinese food, so I looked […]

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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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