Lemon mushroom chicken

Here’s a dish that is really versatile–it stands on its own in a spectacular fashion, and also goes nicely as the topping for Crepes a la Gasca. Since I am making the crepes for Christmas morning, I thought I’d better post this now.

Lemon Sauce for that Gingerbread

I just ran across the original recipe for my gingerbread. I’ve thoroughly tweaked that recipe over the years so I don’t ever look at that particular scrap of paper. I was pretty sure, however, that the original recipe also detailed a lemon sauce to drizzle over the hot gingerbread….and sure enough, here it is:

Tim’s Lemon Parmesan Yogurt Sauce

Here’s the recipe for the sauce that my friend Spring serves with her “Crepes a la Gasca”. 

Nell’s Lemon Bars

As I’ve mentioned before, I tend to go for chocolate when it comes to desserts. There are, however, a few exceptions to that tendency. Grandma’s lemon bars are just delicious and the perfect balance of sweetness and tartness. I suspect that she perfected these bars because she had pretty much year-round access to free lemons [...]

Nell’s “Sugarless” Lemon Pie

This recipe is actually one that Grandma used during World War II when sugar was rationed. This isn’t a sugarless recipe for people who are limiting their sugar intake! This recipe is sugarless in the sense that it doesn’t call for white sugar (which required ration coupons back during the War) but sweetened condensed milk. [...]

Grandma’s Legendary Lemon Pie

My Grandma had a couple of recipes that were just incredible. Most people who knew my Grandma knew her lemon pie. It was legendary…and surprisingly simple. I have never been a big lemon pie fan, partly because nobody can ever make lemon pie like my Grandma could. She had a lemon tree in her backyard [...]

Lemon Daffodil Torte

Last summer I had this lemon torte at a dessert for the women in our church. Jane, who brought this dessert, has her roots deep in the south and this is an old family recipe. It took her until yesterday to get around to copying the recipe for me, but here it is. It was [...]