Nonna’s Meatball Soup

by | Jan 28, 2020 | 0 comments

This soup is the ultimate in comfort food! Similar recipes instruct you to cook the noodles in the soup, but we prefer to cook them ahead, setting them aside to add at serving time. This way, any extra soup doesn’t end up with mushy noodles and extra starch in...

Festive Holiday Pretzels

by | Dec 9, 2019 | 1 comment

For many years our annual family Christmas cookie baking day was interjected with great drama regarding these holiday pretzels. First, the original recipe used small round pretzels, which were only available at one store on the other side of town. In order to add the...

Autumn Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

by | Nov 7, 2019 | 0 comments

These cookies are an original EATS Together recipe inspired by a cherry chocolate oatmeal cookie that we have been making for years. I wanted to incorporate fall flavors and Jim’s love of cranberries inspired me to try them, along with a few fall spices and...

Jim’s Italian Sausage

by | Oct 30, 2019 | 0 comments

Jim’s Italian Sausage is so versatile and handy to have around! This recipe makes about 5 pounds of sausage, most of which we freeze in smaller amounts for later use. A couple of our favorite recipes are Italian Sausage Manicotti and Mom’s Spaghetti Sauce....

Pork Scallopini with Marsala Mushroom Gravy

by | Oct 17, 2019 | 0 comments

This is a hearty, flavorful dish that offers the satisfaction of comfort food without packing on a ton of fat and calories. We like to serve it with “Kluski” noodles or spaetzle (when we have time to make them). Add a vegetable or salad side, and you have...

Curried Chicken and Rice

by | Oct 9, 2019 | 0 comments

This is an original from our family! It’s roots are in a side dish that had just wild rice and a wonderful curry sauce made with egg yolks and half and half. The result is a kind of custard surrounding the other ingredients. To evolve this into a main course...