Lola Cooks: Rustic Tomato Basil Soup

best tomato basil soup recipe

Fall is soup season. I like soup just about anytime, but there is nothing quite as comforting on a chilly afternoon as a steamy bowl of soup and a little something to accompany it. Crackers are always a good choice. However, you can’t go wrong with some bread or crostini either. When I was seven we lived in […]

Lola Cooks: Pierogi

best pierogi recipe

Tomorrow people all over the country will be celebrating pierogi. Truth be told, the majority of those people will be in the midwest or northeast, but the popularity of pierogi has spread across the nation. Just about anywhere that has a large Polish population has pierogi. The pierogi or pierogi is similar to ravioli. However, […]

Lola Cooks: Pasta e Fagioli

best pasta e fagioli recipe

Pasta e Fagioli is a classic Italian soup that should be in everyone’s recipe box. There are, of course, many variations on this theme. Some are better than others, but all have the basic ingredients at the base – beans, tomato, stock, pasta. Many recipes you will read have a small amount of pancetta or […]

July Monday Series 2: FitFood FitTip

best frittata recipe

We continue our Monday series for July this week with one of my favorite FitFoods – Frittata. Frittata uses one of the most accessible protein sources, eggs. We have cut out some of the fat and cholesterol by using only half of the yolks. Beyond that, there is a minimal amount of fat in the […]

Kitchen Help: Basic Chicken Stock

homemade chicken stock recipe

About twice a month we have roasted chicken for dinner.  Usually, we roast it ourselves. Occasionally we purchase a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket.  It may seem a little like cheating, but it is quick and tasty and it can be used in many recipes. No matter which we use, we almost always save the carcass for stock.  Making […]

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