Make a Snake and Shamrock Pie as a new tradition on St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a fruit-filled pie and has no snakes.
Spring
Catholic Seder
Our Catholic Seder menu is a way for those wishing to share a meal with friends and honor the Passover meal to do so. There are also some fun craft projects.
Air Fryer Chicken Thighs Stuffed with Pesto
These Air Fryer Chicken Thighs Stuffed with Pesto are simple for an everyday dinner or make an excellent dinner party dish.
Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
I don’t know why I wait for Easter to make a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. I think it just seems appropriate for the rabbits of Easter to have a carrot cake treat. This is a really rich cake, not something for every day.
Fried Green Tomatoes With Bacon
This is not something for every day. Green tomatoes are wonderful in the spring before the beautiful red tomatoes are ripe – that is if you can keep from eating them!
Pesto Stuffed Chicken Thighs
These Stuffed Chicken thighs are easy to make and delicious. They are also healthy made with yogurt and grilled.
Pork Chops Paprikash
When I was a little girl, my mother had the entire collection of The Woman’s Day Encyclopedia of Cooking, and there was a recipe in for Hungarian Porkchops, which I have been making for many years. Today, I decided to change the recipe a bit and came up with Pork Chops Paprikash.
In Glendale, California, which has a large Armenian population, we have Red Pepper Sauce. It’s basically paprika peppers, and I use it quite often, in sauces, eggs, and other dishes. There are many brands and you can probably find it in ethnic European stores. I highly recommend it.
Paprikash dishes call for sour cream. I have probably talked about this before, and I will say it again. When you buy sour cream, please only get the kind that has cultured cream. The other stuff has gelatin and other ingredients as fillers, and they just are not real sour cream. The Alta Dena brand has a wonderful saying on the top of the tub, “Those cravings you feel are totally natural”. I love that because it’s true – there is nothing in that sour cream except cultured cream, the way sour cream should be.
Lemon Margarita Bavarian Creams
These alcohol-free Lemon Margarita Bavarian Creams are festive and easy to make. You can have them as a dessert for your Mexican-themed dinner. Enjoy!
Fresh Raspberry Blueberry Cream Tart
Fresh Raspberry Blueberry Cream Tart is a lovely, delicious, and easy dessert for those hot summer days when you don’t want to turn on your oven.