Lemon Pasta

I have too many lemons this time of year. I think I've mentioned this before. I spend time searching and testing lemon recipes. This one turned out very good. The flavor is bright and it feels creamy in the mouth. If you use oil instead of butter, vegetable broth instead of chicken broth and a vegan cheese, it can be vegan. This is an example of simple delicious food that I easily can make. I think I adapted it from something I found in the Raley's Magazine. I sprinkled it with some of my left over lemon bread crumbs.

Hickory Nut Cake My Sister and I Made as Kids

me and my sister

When my sister and I were kids, or maybe teenagers, we found a hickory nut cake recipe somewhere in a book we were reading. I had the impression it was one of the little house on the prairie books, but now don't think that is right. 

Anyway, we had a hickory nut tree on the farm and my Dad liked them, so we thought we'd make it for him. Of course, he had to crack the hickory nuts.  Have you ever tried to crack a hickory nut? They are super hard. Dad used to get out the hammer. This is why the recipe has such a quantity range for the nuts -- you just use what you feel like cracking! 

Baked Eggs

I got this idea from a post on 101 Cookbooks. She posted a recipe for poached eggs on rice. While her recipe looked really good, I wanted something a bit easier for me to put together (no poaching, plus I had no greens or some of her ingredients) and to use up my left over rice. This means you should experiment and use what you have available.