Lemon Beehive Cake

This was a special cake for my youngest sister who lives 1500 miles away.  We get together a few times a year and I just happened to be visiting on her birthday.  I had this cake pan from Williams Sonoma for some time and finally the perfect occasion to make it.   It was a delicious … Continue reading

Egg Drop Soup Two Ways

This is another recipe from my early Chinese cooking classes.  A perfect light soup to fix before your main entree and was a frequent request by Gene.  I have also included another recipe by Weight Watcher’s where shredded chicken is added.   Hmm… never put chicken in this soup.

Soup Mix

There are 13 different beans and peas that go into this soup mix.  Use whichever ones you like just end up with the same total amount when you are done.  Certainly you could cut the quantities in half if you do not want to make this much. To be honest, I am not a lima … Continue reading

French Market Soup

This was a fun soup to make with all of the different beans and peas (13 different kinds – see Soup Mix)  I made up the soup mix and gave the beans to family and friends with this recipe.  Now you can buy soup mixes already made up but I still like to make up my own.