I’m crazy about rye yeast breads of any kind and today I have a recipe for easy rye sandwich rolls that everyone loves. I suspect that my love affair with rye is due to the Scandinavian and German blood in my veins; I like to make rolls for their versatility and because most people seem to find rolls especially appealing….
Pasta with Potatoes and Greens
Nearly ten years ago our daughter, Amy, sent me an email with a main dish recipe that included pasta with potatoes and greens and cheese that she wanted me to make for her birthday dinner. I had never heard of combining pasta and potatoes in a casserole. It sounded weird to me, so I was…
Beer Biscuits from Scratch
You’ve probably all heard of beer bread, right? But have you heard of Beer Biscuits? Possibly my all-time favorite biscuit recipe is this one that I adapted from The Soup & Bread Cookbook by Beatrice Ojakangas. The recipe was printed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Taste Section a couple of years ago. If you’ve never heard…
Brazilian Cheese Balls for the Big Game
A few years ago, I ran across a recipe for a cheesy Portuguese bread from Brazil called pao de queijo, (pronounced POW gee KAY-zho) and it piqued my curiosity because of the ingredients and the technique used. These Brazilian cheese balls are served in that country either with strong coffee for breakfast, or later in…
Easy French Baguette
Is there anything that smells as good as homemade bread baking in the oven? Whether it’s honey oatmeal sandwich bread or cinnamon rolls, pumpernickel rye or olive bread—it all smells divine! Making your own bread from scratch is healthier, cheaper, more delicious, and WAY easier than the Pillsbury Doughboy would like you to believe! Instead…
Put De Lime In De Coconut…
Next Tuesday is St Patrick’s Day so we’ve been thinking about a menu that fits the holiday. But today is March 14th, National Pi Day, as in the Greek symbol used in mathematics to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is always the same number (3.14159265359), no matter…