Potato Pancakes
2 cups cooked mashed potatoes 1 egg to bind bread crumbs cheese parsley salt & pepper to taste Combine all ingredients. Form into flat oval cakes. Fry in olive oil using a flat frying pan and enough olive oil to...
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Pizza Sauce
This pizza sauce can be used traditionally on pizza or for dishes like pizzaeola or parmigiana. The key is no garlic and white rather than red wine. Mom is not a huge oregano fan, but I would add the oregano...
Grandma’s Pizza Dough
This recipe was written on the back of a yellow envelope by Grandma (Rose) Bova. There are no instructions with the ingredients. The envelope was found in November 2002 by mom, in her Pie Crust book.Enclosed in the envelope where...
Lentil Soup
Mom’s lentils are more like soup than my version. I remember most often her lentils had broken spaghetti noodles in them, a little fresh spinach floating in it and a dark chocolate brown broth from the lentils. It’s best with...
Meatballs (for sauce)
As kids, mom used 100% ground beef. As the world realized the health benefits of reducing the amount of beef in your diet, mom started mixing 1/2 turkey and 1/2 ground beef. I have moved to 100% turkey meatballs. Mom...
Hot Artichoke Dip
1 cup grated parmesan cheese 1 8oz package cream cheese, at room temperature 1 cup light sour cream or reduced calorie mayonnaise 1/8 teaspoon dry dill weed 1 13 3/4 oz artichoke hearts, drained and chopped toasted baguette slices Set...
Clam Chowder
Mom’s version of New England clam chowder – thus there are some missing details– like measurements. Ingredients 1 clove garlic, smashed 1 medium onion, diced 2 potatoes, cut in 1 inch cubes 1 stalk of celery, diced butter 3 cans...
Thai Chicken Soup
Found this recipe on Pinterest and adapted to our taste. There are a lot of ingredients, but it’s super easy and comes together really fast. We think this is two recipes in one — next time we will try it...
Black Pepper, Chili Crab
The best way to make crab, hands down. Originally adapted from a cookbook but they call for a small amount of the chili seasoning. You can also add shrimp or calamari for a little more variety. Ingredients 2 lbs crabs...