Easy Recipes | Apple Crumbles

Pumpkin and Honey crisp Apple Soup with Gorgonzola and Toasted Walnuts

Oh Happy Day! I bet that’s what all the folks who just completed the Marine Corp Marathon are thinking today. It seems we had quite a few runners from our area. So, to all you locals – GOOD JOB! As for me today, it was an easy recovery. I started with 2 miles on the treadmill to warm my legs up for a weight workout. Ted wanted to run with me so I got a good arm pump as well while I waited for him to get ready to run. The three of us went outside into the cold, dark [...]

By Joanne|2011-10-31T15:51:56-04:00October 31, 2011|soup|5 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Bread Balls

Such a neat little Italian treat. A bread ball! And it’s just that: bread crumbs, garlic, a little of this, a little of that, of course some Romano cheese and … a Bread Ball! Recipe by Jo Giacovelli. Page 139 of our book A Taste of Utica. Makes 1 dozen 2 Extra Large Eggs 1 cup plain bread crumbs (I used Panko crumbs) 2 tsp minced garlic 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt or to your liking 12 grinds of black pepper or to your liking 3 – 4 stalks of chopped fresh parsley 4 –5 heaping tablespoons of [...]

By Joanne|2011-10-02T10:57:12-04:00October 2, 2011|Taste of Utica|1 Comment

FOFF Thursday: Zucchini Pie

Fusion of Food & Friends: FOFF Thursday with Carla Vavala Introducing a collection of recipes to inspire and encourage expansion of your palate. The book Fusion of Food and Friends offers a range of recipes passed down from families and friends, coupled with ideas to make cooking fun and exciting. The book welcomes cooks of all levels to create new menus to share. The author, Carla Vavala - Carla Vavala is a self taught cook who utilizes her passion for food to become creative in the kitchen. She has written and self published two cookbooks, "Cut Costs with Creative Cooking" [...]

By Joanne|2011-09-07T18:23:47-04:00September 8, 2011|Fusion Food & Friends|10 Comments

2011 Race Schedule & Tilapia with Thin Potato Crust

Since December (most of the time) I’ve been going to bed dreading the next day’s run. The majority of the miles logged since the beginning of the year have been done on the treadmill. When you run with aches and pains, it’s not fun which might be part of the “dreaded run” problem OR it could just be getting up to face the DREADMILL, which we all so fondly call it. The other day I mentioned how my leg was 98% better and I should be able to tackle the outside elements and obstacles without fear of doing further damage. [...]

By Joanne|2012-07-16T08:31:08-04:00January 13, 2011|Fish, Running|12 Comments

CEimB: 5 Layer Mexican Dip

Oh yeah. Good recipe for a football Sunday. I was watching the game and making the dip – on the sofa, off the sofa, on the sofa, off the sofa. I didn’t cook anything except to heat the corn which is not quite how this recipe goes. This weeks recipe pick was the wonderful choice of Heather from The Mama Cooks . Make sure to click on over there to see how this delicious recipe is actually made. It can also be found on line at this link: The FoodNetwork. My ingredients were: Differences from original recipe in red. 1 [...]

By Joanne|2010-01-20T16:23:44-05:00January 21, 2010|Food, healthy cooking|5 Comments