Super Cheap Eats: Rink Tum Tiddy for Supper

Rink Tum Tiddy, an alliterative name that sounds straight out of a Rudyard Kipling or A.A. Milne poem, is the subject of today…

Curried Lentils

One of my favorite recipes, My Favorite Lentil Soup , comes from Jane Brody's Good Food Book , a cookbook I bought when my el…

Easy enough for a child to make...

What's a great project for a child on a cool fall morning? No-knead rosemary bread, of course! 13 year old Monet, 9 year old …

All-American Baked Beans

For my eldest daughter's graduation party, I made Grandma Jane's Special Potato Salad , Barbecued Chicken and All-Americ…

Galette de rhubarbe

Spring means rhubarb, and rhubarb means Galette de rhubarbe, which is just a fancy name for a rustic tart. It's like a pie, b…

Hot Sauce for Refried Beans

This recipe goes along with the refried beans and comes from one of Mollie Katzen's books, I think. I can't remember whi…

Homemade Refried Beans

Canned refried beans from the store are often filled with fat and sodium. Once you've made refried beans yourself, you'll…

Red Beans and Rice

Last year, when finances were really tight, I had to come up with creative ways to feed a large crew. One very excellent blessing…