You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism. ~ Erma Bombeck

Questions, comments, remarks? You can leave them here, but join us in the Cooking for Two community forum to really find out what other cooks for two are dealing with and how.

Corn Pudding
© 2009 Kevin D Weeks

Corn pudding is an old, traditional American recipe usually served as a side-dish. But a couple of years ago I had to come up with a dessert recipe for a class I was teaching around the 4th of July and decided to make a slightly sweeter variation on corn pudding. I added a bit of brown sugar for the molasses flavor, coriander - one of my favorite dessert spices - and a red, white and blue theme. It turned out wonderfully and, although somewhat sweeter than the side dish, isn't overly sweet. Recipe here...

Questions, comments, remarks? You can leave them here, but join us in the Cooking for Two community forum to really find out what other cooks for two are dealing with and how. Or follow me on Facebook.

Lavender Ice Cream
© 2009 Kevin D Weeks

This recipe proved to be quite a challenge. I found a recipe (from a usually dependable source) that used honey as the sweetener, but two separate attempts failed - the ice cream simply wouldn't set so I ended up with two batches of lavender and honey flavored soup. Upon subsequent investigation I discovered that honey is only suitable as an addition, not as the primary source of sugar. So I reworked the recipe to use sugar and added a bit of honey for flavor. It worked and is really quite good - and try adding a dollop of Nutella to it when you serve. Recipe here...

Questions, comments, remarks? You can leave them here, but join us in the Cooking for Two community forum to really find out what other cooks for two are dealing with and how. Or follow me on Facebook.

Hummus bi Tahini
© 2009 Kevin D Weeks

Recipe here...

Questions, comments, remarks? You can leave them here, but join us in the Cooking for Two community forum to really find out what other cooks for two are dealing with and how. Or follow me on Facebook.