Category Archives: Recipes

Sopa de albondigas (meatball soup)

Posted on 2010-11-22 by Jim Vanderveen

Our neighbors traditionally exchange homemade gifts (e.g. cookies, jam) during Christmas. Two years ago, we got some sopa de albondigas, along with this recipe. We all loved it, but never got around to making it ourselves until last night. It … Continue reading →

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Poppy seed rolls

Posted on 2010-11-05 by Jim Vanderveen

Poppy seed rolls are one of our family’s favorite Thanksgiving traditions. These are mashed potato rolls with poppy seed filling. We’ve found that this dough is very sensitive to cold, so we bump the thermostat up to about 75° F … Continue reading →

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Garden chili

Posted on 2010-07-26 by Jim Vanderveen

Barb and I made some *amazing* chili tonight. We didn’t take notes while whipping this up, but I’m pretty sure we remembered all the ingredients. We haven’t got many ripe tomatoes yet, so we just grabbed a bunch of cherry … Continue reading →

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Artichoke dip

Posted on 2009-11-26 by Jim Vanderveen

This is a recipe we got from Carol Hopfe. – 2 cans (~14 oz ea) *non-marinated* artichoke hearts, drained, rinsed, and chopped – 1.5 c mayonnaise – 1 can (~5 oz) diced green chiles, drained – 1.5 c parmesan cheese … Continue reading →

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Spinach dip

Posted on 2009-11-24 by Jim Vanderveen

Here’s a recipe for spinach dip from one of Barb’s co-workers. – 1 c sour cream – 1 pkg (1/2 lb) cream cheese, softened – 1 pkg ranch dressing mix – 1 pkg (10 oz) frozen spinach – green onions … Continue reading →

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“Jet Lag”, veal mignonettes

Posted on 2009-11-23 by Jim Vanderveen

A few nights ago we watched “[Jet Lag][]”, starring Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno. With those two in the leading roles my expectations were pretty high for this movie, perhaps too high. It was decent, worth watching, and the score … Continue reading →

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Orange ginger beef

Posted on 2009-09-05 by Jim Vanderveen

This is one of my family’s favorite recipes. It’s my adaptation of Martin Yan’s recipe from [A Wok For All Seasons][wfas], currently out of print. My copy of this book is falling apart, and I have modified Martin’s recipe quite … Continue reading →

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Metric recipe conversion-butter

Posted on 2008-12-11 by Jim Vanderveen

We have a few recipes from friends in France and Sweden that use metric measurements. Some of the volume-volume (e.g. 1 teaspoon=5 mL) or weight-weight (e.g. 500 g=1.1 pounds) conversions are pretty trivial. Other conversions are more difficult, and I … Continue reading →

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Cider baked ham

Posted on 2008-12-01 by Jim Vanderveen

Barb made this *fantastic* ham for our [Thanksgiving dinner][]. The mustard is very subtle and makes a nice change of taste! – 1 ready-to-eat ham, 14-16 lbs, with bone – *lots* of whole cloves – ¼ c apricot preserves – … Continue reading →

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Cornbread stuffing

Posted on 2008-11-26 by Jim Vanderveen

I was just making the stuffing for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving feast. I noticed that the recipe, (which I wrote down over 20 years ago), is becoming illegible and doesn’t include the changes we’ve made over the years. So I decided to … Continue reading →

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