Marilyn Dishes …the food and the story

Dasha’s Cottage Cheese Pie

An old family recipe for a cottage cheese ‘pie’ baked in a square pan…so not really a ‘pie’ but not a square either! This recipe has a cake like bottom, cottage cheese filling & cake like top… slightly sweet but not too much sugar…baked to a golden brown. But it isn’t really a cake either!…

Kale Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash & Chickpeas

I saw this recipe recently on foodiecrush.com and thought it would be great for a vegetarian meal but I served it as a side salad with a frittata!

Ginger Curry Carrot Soup

My friend Pnina gave me this recipe many years ago & I am not sure where she got the recipe from. Pnina makes delicious soups so & this is no exception.

Beef Stew in the Instant Pot ( or use a pot because the taste of this stew is sooo good)

I find that sometimes the beef chunks in beef stew are hard & too chewy…but not when the stew is cooked in the Instant Pot!

Bagels! Bagels! Bagels!

My niece Lauren came back from a trip to New York & made these bagels at home. She posted a picture of them Instagram…they looked perfect

Here is the recipe for the Ginger Mint Tea Murray made for me!

It didn’t make me better… the antibiotics are doing that ! But, it is tasty & comforting

Arggggg. I’ve had a bug!

I haven’t been blogging lately due to so many reasons … one of which is that the last several days I’ve had a fever & felt awful & have not cooked at all! Luckily Murray has been looking after me & making some delish ginger tea. I will post the recipe! Hope to be back…

Pumpkin Walnut Cake **the walnuts are optional

I cut the recipe for this pumpkin cake out of a magazine in 2002. I love this cake so much that I have the paper in a clear plastic sleeve so that it doesn’t get ruined! It is perfect for pumpkin lovers & even if you don’t love pumpkin, you might find that you like…

Cottage Cheese Muffins

I love these cottage cheese muffins. The recipe is from over 40 years ago! Our family has been making them forever! I think the original recipe was given to my mom by a friend of hers. Sometimes I would play majong with my mom’s group & this friend of hers would make the cheese muffins…

Cauliflower or Potato Casserole with Dill

This recipe is from a label that came with some fresh dill…I found it in my mom’s recipe box…

Canned Tuna with Curry

This is delicious! I grew up eating tuna sandwiches on white bread with some Old Dutch plain potato chips. Absolute comfort food for me. Don’t get me wrong, I still love this. And…. the tuna doesn’t have anything added to it…just Kraft Mayonnaise.. BUT….. this tuna with curry is fantastic!

Slow Roasted Pot Roast

I have a lot of time today at home, so I decided to make a pot roast in the oven…slow roasted until it is tender & the juices run thick