This is the recipe that we use at our swim club’s annual fund raising pasta dinner; a local family of Italian heritage is in charge of the kitchen, and teaches everyone how to cook their recipes (which just come out of the tops of their heads!):
2 cups flour
3 eggs
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 Tablespoon (or more) [...]
Serve on top of your favourite Chinese noodles. This can also work well with a block of extra firm tofu, instead of chicken.
Sauce*:
2 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp Hoisin Sauce or Plum Sauce (made with plums, not pumpkin or “something else”)
1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
1 tsp (or more) hot chilli paste
1 Tbsp cornstarch
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp [...]
2 cups uncooked whole wheat (or regular in a pinch) macaroni noodles
2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, chopped finely
1/3 cup all purpose flour
3 cups skim milk (or other)
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
2+3/4 sharp (extra old) cheddar cheese, shredded
1/2 cup shredded cheese for topping
OPTIONAL: 2 green onions, sliced, and 4 slices bacon, crisply [...]
Another favourite of ours from sweet Ruby! And another that always tastes so much better when she makes it — without a recipe. I’ve had lessons for this Filipino dish from Ruby, and from Lita, as well! Here’s the recipe that she kindly wrote out; it’s so hard to do that when one just cooks [...]
Not really Stroganoff, but hey, that’s what the original recipe in the Working Woman’s book was called! Doesn’t every woman work? Some just get paid for it… My variations are in red.
1 medium onion, finely chopped
4oz can of mushrooms (2 cups chopped fresh mushrooms)
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (2 cloves garlic, minced)
1 lb lean ground beef
1 [...]
