It was a snowy -1C/30F today. Our first snowfall of the season! A snowy and chilly day calls for hot cocoa, a delicious way to warm up!! This triple chip fudgy hot cocoa is definitely for chocolate lovers — it’s rich, decadent, chocolatey and not overly sweet so the toppings help to bring a little…
Category: Recipes From Our Kitchen
Dill Cabbage Soup
It’s a snow day today, so what better than to make a hearty soup to warm up with! This Ukrainian Dill Cabbage Soup is reminiscent of the “old days” — it’s something familiar and tastes like my childhood. My gramma would make a sauerkraut and rib dish that tastes similar to this soup. It was…
Making Chicken Broth
Today I am making Dill Cabbage Soup and need chicken broth, so I decided to make some. Making chicken broth really is quite simple and only takes a couple of hours. It is rich and flavorful and really does make a difference in the flavor of homemade soups. Stock uses bones and vegetables whereas broth…
Orange Carrot Salad
I grew up all my life asking mom to make “carrots with orange juice,” which she got from gramma. It’s simple to make and tastes great the next day. It’s similar to Moroccan Orange Carrot Salad which also has orange blossom water, chopped orange, salt, sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon. My Romanian gramma kept it…
Cayenne Pepper Sauce
This summer, my daughter grew an assortment of peppers, including cayenne peppers. This is the first time we have grown cayenne peppers, so we did not know what to expect. Turns out, the cayenne grew a lot of peppers and we picked quite a few in the latter part of the summer!! We harvested the…
Pear Jelly
I made pear fruit, just like gramma used to do, so we can enjoy pears while it’s cold and the snow is blowing outside! With the pear scraps, I tossed them into a pot, topped it up with water and cooked it for a few hours. I left it sit overnight and then I strained…
Zucchini Corn Chowder
We have lots of corn from our garden this year and my mom gave us a bunch of zucchini, so I froze some, and then made this delicious Zucchini Corn Chowder. Chowder is a thick, hearty soup that has a cream or milk base and loaded with vegetables or seafood. In today’s vegetable chowder, we…
Canning Homemade Pasta Sauce
We were gifted some cherry tomatoes so we decided to use these tomatoes along with some tomatoes we had purchased from the farmers market and make pasta sauce to can and enjoy it during the winter months. It’s such a great way to preserve those tomatoes! We are using Parsley and Greek Basil from our…
