The Hendersons       Our Food and Cooking

 

 

 

Recipes

Appetizers
     Asparagus in Prosciutto
     Baked brie in puff pastry

Baked Goods
     Baking powder biscuits
     Our favorite coffee cake

Casseroles
     Hamburger Heaven
     Pasta e fagioli

Meat
     Kaulo - Greek lamb rolls
     Beef Stroganoff
     Braciole
     Spinach meatloaf

Pasta
     Cacio e Pepe
     Cas 'e Ov

     Pappardelle w/stewed pancetta
     Pasta alla Zozzona
     Pasta con Noci
     Pasta e piselli

Poultry
     Chicken tettrazini
     Stilton chicken

     Chicken Milanese

 

We both love to cook and we both love a good meal, whether it is a good breakfast, a tasty lunch, or a delicious dinner. The kitchen in our home was dreadful when we moved in. Some of that was appearance (cheap cabinetry or do-it-yourself vinyl installation, complete with gaps), and some of it was function (a terrible layout and a cook top that was too high). So we developed our own design, selected our appliances, and had the kitchen gutted and rebuilt. It turned out even better than we had hoped and has been a source of a great deal of pleasure and, on occasion, of a few too many calories.

We moved to Frisco, TX to be with our granddaughter and no longer have that great kitchen to cook in. Our kitchen in Texas is pretty good and we still love cooking.

Our cooking and our taste in foods tends heavily to Italian, but overall is quite eclectic.  Some of our recipes are old family favorites that were handed down.  Others are of our own devising, either through imagination or as a result of recreation of meals we enjoyed in our travels.  We have organized some of our favorite recipes as shown in the menus.  We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Buon appetito!

   Recipes

Salads
     Chicken salad w/feta
     Curried chicken salad
     Nonna's potato salad
     Pesto salad dressing

   Sandwiches
        
Brie & cucumber baguette
        Pear & stilton baguette

   Seafood
        Cajun shrimp and potatoes
        Crab Cakes
        Grilled Shrimp w/Rosemary
        Prosciutto wrapped shrimp

   Side Dishes
        Risotto ai limone
        Risotto asparagus & shrooms
       
Yorkshire Pudding

   Soups
        Aunt Frances' soup

   Sweets
        Buttermilk soup w/fresh fruit
        Eton Mess
        Ice box cake

        Panna Cotta

   Vegetables
        Aunt Frances's green beans
        Nonna's potato pancakes
        Roasted asparagus
        Roasted peppers