Hot Chicken Salad Bundles with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Winter has finally hit Cape Cod. With our first snow flurry and single digit temperatures, I felt it was time to create new twists on some old recipes, to warm and delight the cockles of our guests’...
View ArticlePhenomenal Savory Bread Pudding
Recently four of our young sisters were invited to a neighbor’s house in our community for a special dinner. The next day when I asked, “So how was the dinner?” the response was, “Phenomenal!” That...
View ArticleAfrican Sweet Potato Peanut Soup
The other night, we made this tasty soup at the Convent in the form of a stew, with pieces of chicken thighs cooked into it, and chunks of sweet potato left intact. We loved the flavor so much that we...
View ArticleBraised Pork Ribs
Saturdays in the Community call for a lot of physical participation, especially for our band members — 20 of which are sisters. Morning Beehive, the weekly time when all Community members gather to...
View ArticleHearty Italian Chicken and Autumn Harvest Veggie Stew
Every now and then when our convent dinner is some kind of a one dish meal, Sisters like to have it served right from the big skillet in which it has been cooked. This is especially so as the weather …...
View ArticleSimple (and delicious!) Bok Choy
We are so fortunate to have a good friend and neighbor who grows vegetables for a nearby upscale restaurant. Whenever he has a surplus of a particular vegetable, we’re the happy benefactors. Yesterday...
View ArticleKale, Sausage and Cannellini Bean Soup – A Special Autumn Treat
When end-of-summer kale comes in by the armload from the garden, “kale soup” becomes a familiar sounding menu option. But can’t we make it really different and flavorful for our guests, as the chill...
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