Green Tomato Relish

Should you have too many tomatoes in your yard, as we do right now, you could pick them early and make this relish. I’m always reminded of the days of backyard gardens and neighborhood gardens, which are not as common these days as they were even 20 years ago. People seem to have forgotten how … Continue reading

Zucchini Pancakes

Zucchini and pancakes are not two words that work together in my mind, and the concept of a sweet, syrupy mass of shredded zucchini is just not very appealing to me. Luckily, these zucchini pancakes appear to be of the savory variety, more like a latke or other veggie cake.

Hand Me Some More

Summer seems to be a good season to make pickles because of the wonderful produce growing in abundance that we don’t want to waste. This particular recipe intrigues me, one because it’s called “Hand Me Some More” suggesting people will want seconds, two because it combines cucumber, mango and onion. I know mangoes are a … Continue reading

Mock Drumsticks

I can remember as a teen, wanting a hotdog but we only had ground beef, so I formed a hotdog shape of hamburger, cooked it and at it in a hotdog bun. It fell apart but it tasted good. This particular recipe reminded me of that funny experience because it calls for the cook to … Continue reading

Italian Steak Pie

We recently saw a recipe I called Hamburger Pie because it reminded me of a recipe in my mother’s cookbook. Today we will look at another type of hamburger pie with an Italian slant. The recipe lists salt twice but I can’t see any reason why you couldn’t omit one measurement of it. I use … Continue reading