Mac-n-Cheese w/Buffalo Chicken

Wowie!!  If you love mac-n-cheese as well as, buffalo chicken… this is the dish for YOU! Ultimate in comfort food but ideal for a Super Bowl get-together. It’s the one day everyone in America goes nuts! So dig in! (please give yourself...

Nana’s Stuffed Cabbages (Toltott Kaposzta)

Stuffed Cabbage (Toltott Kaposzta) This is my favorite comfort food that mom my mom makes, Hungarian Stuffed Cabbages. She makes it the way her Grandma Rose and her mom made it, but there are many variations. It never feels too heavy–unless you eat it like my mom does: over mashed potatoes.  1 large cabbage head 1 1/2 […]

Smoky Indian Eggplant

When I first married my husband, who is Indian, his mother gave me a beautiful cookbook called The Food of India. The photos are beautiful and mouth-watering. This recipe is one of my favorites. My mostly Irish-Hungarian family, who does’t always care for spicy Indian dishes, loves this. I changed it a bit to make it […]

Cucumber Raita to Cool the Palette

Traditional cucumber raita is used to cool the palette when you eat spicy Indian dishes but I love it alone on naan or with rice. If you ever have an upset stomach, this can be such a soothing snack. There are many versions of raita–no two are the same–it all depends on your taste. Sometimes […]

Lamb Biryani with Saffron, Ginger and Chili

When my husband’s family gets together, his mom, aunts and grandmother always make biryani. It’s a comforting, aromatic rice dish, in this case, with tender lamb that isn’t spicy like many other Indian dishes. I love that...

Avocado-Chicken Salad

Simple, fresh and delicious. Recipe was passed to my mother from a friend and now I am passing it along to you.

Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

This is the best appetizer for all ages. Their are never any left over. I make them mini for appetizers and big for dinner. I also substitute gluten free bread crumbs(Alexia brand) when making them for gluten free folks. I also quadruple the recipe and freeze them.

Slow-Cooker Pork Chili Verde

There’s beef, and there’s chicken and of course there’s pork chili. Below is a recipe for the masses of chili lovers all over this world. Slow-cooking deepens the intense flavors that are thrown together in this mixture of perfect....