Barb and I used to make picnic potato salad from scratch until my Mom showed us a shortcut: start with store-bought salad and make it better! In a large bowl, combine potato salad, chopped ingredients, pickle juice, mustard and 2 eggs (all ingredients adjustable to taste). Season with salt and pepper. Stir well. Refrigerate for …
Our friend Leslie makes the best creamed corn — for Thanksgiving or whenever. Here is her recipe. Serves 4 people In large sized pot, add milk, butter, cream cheese, seasonings and Jalapenos. Then add corn. Let it sit on stove top on very low heat for about 1 1⁄2 hours (or if you are doubling …
Barb’s famous Apple Cake is adapted from a simple recipe from Stribling Orchard in Virginia where we used to actually go and pick apples back in the 1980s. Over the years she added and adapted the recipe and with Allie’s prompting I’ve tried to capture the end product. For years, Barb would have an Apple …
I’m a low-level fan of Hoppin’ John and the tradition of having black eyed peas on New Year’s Day. I’ve tried various recipes over the years and never really landed on one I loved, but this year I stumbled into an easy version that tastes really good, inspired partly by a recent NY Times recipe …
Here’s my White Chili recipe, as best I can resurrect it. Ingredients: 1 – 1.5 lb ground turkey 1 – 1.5 lb turkey or chicken sausage, spiced or flavored OK (cook the sausage first, then slice it relatively thin) 1 – 2 yellow onions, chopped 1 red onion, chopped 3 – 4 green onions, chopped …
There are tons of different chili recipes and methods on the web which can be confusing but also serves as a reminder that the dish is a grab bag based on available ingredients and shaped to individual tastes. There are a thousand different ways to prepare and enjoy chili — you can’t really go wrong, …
Our favorite celebration meal for Christmas or whenever we find an excuse. The recipe is mainly credited to Louise or Haya Babcock. I think they both claimed it. Ingredients Bone-in Rib Roast with 2, 3 or 4 ribs. Two ribs are plenty enough for 3-4 people; basically figure two people per rib, more or less …
Maybe more properly called a meat marinara, this recipe comes via Barb’s Mom, Louise. We have dutifully stuck with it for decades. Barb knows exactly how it should taste. Any deviation from the recipe is instantly noted and highly discouraged. If you’re not serving it to her, you can have some fun and add different …