Crispy Egg Rolls

So we LOVE egg rolls, especially as a starter before a stir-fry meal or pork fried rice. Take out egg rolls are hit and miss. So are store-bought egg rolls – sometimes okay, most of the times bland and forgettable. Several years back, we tried making them from scratch with a very involved recipe and they were terrible – we just chucked them. We knew we could do better.

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Minestrone Soup

Minestrone is a hearty, healthy, Italian soup that is delicious and works with just about any fresh vegetables you have on hand.

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A Spinach-Feta Kind of Morning

One of my more weird “as I’m getting older” traits is that I like to pick something out for work-week breakfasts and stick with the same thing all week. It just makes it easier to not have to make those decisions in the morning when I’m not all there!

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Sunday Blueberry Pancakes

Not much is better than a short stack of some super-fluffy blueberry buttermilk pancakes – all oozy with butter and real maple syrup – and of course a rasher of crisp bacon. It’s what a late, leisurely Sunday morning calls for.

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