Love Preserving Electric Pressure Cooker Heirloom Tomato Sauce – Recipe! September 6, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment This is the perfect weekend to preserve tomatoes because tomato season is in full bloom, but it won’t last forever, so go to the farmer’s market and grab yourself a big flat of beautiful fresh tomatoes, and get started. Preserving tomatoes or any fruit, for that matter, isn’t hard to do, especially in an electric […] Read more » cooking with Gena Bell Electric Pressure Cooker Heirloom Tomato Sauce - Recipe! genabellrecipes Instant Pot Tomato Sauce Recipe Preserving preserving tomatoes Tomato Sauce Recipe
Love Preserving Plum and Lemongrass Preserves – Recipe! August 8, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Summertime is the perfect time to preserve seasonal fruit. You don’t have to be a pro at canning or preserving to make a batch of homemade preserves to either freeze for a future date, or store in your refrigerator to spoon on top of toast, ice cream, or enjoy over your favorite cheese. Preserving stone […] Read more » cooking with Gena Bell genabellrecipes Plum and Lemongrass Preserves - Recipe! Plum Jam Recipes Plum Preserves Preserving Preserving Summer Fruit
Love Cookies Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies – Recipe! July 28, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Who doesn’t love chocolate and peanut butter together? I happen to enjoy peanut butter in any situation, but when you add it to chocolate, it goes into a whole new category. We owe gratitude to Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups for this fabulous combination, but a big peanut butter chocolate chunk cookie is probably even better in my […] Read more » Baking with Gena Bell genabellrecipes Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies - Recipe! Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe Soft Peanut Butter Cookies
Laugh Cake Favorite Things Love Nutty Polenta Cake – Recipe! June 5, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment I wrote this dessert post before I had read that Nancy Silverton’s Mozza Restaurants had been looted and set fire this past week. The sadness that we all feel about the loss, yet understanding of the root cause of the situation with the continuous mistreatment and repression of Black Americans in our city and the […] Read more » Baking with Gena Bell cake recipes genabellrecipes Italian Cake Recipes Mozza at Home Cookbook Nancy Silverton Recipe Nutty Polenta Cake - Recipe! Polenta Cake Recipe
Love Restaurants Melisse, Santa Monica – Take-Away! May 29, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | 1 Comment on Melisse, Santa Monica – Take-Away! Remember when we could jump in our cars, valet park and have a friendly greeting at the door from the host at one of our favorite restaurants? Melisse take-away is the next best thing. It’s a real treat to taste the flavors of a local institution with some hardcore credentials. Chef Josiah Citrin has been […] Read more » Curbside Pickup Los Angeles genabellrecipes Melisse Melisse Take-Away Santa Moinca Santa Monica Take-Away! Take Away Restaurant Westside Los Angeles Take-Away Dining Los Angeles
Love Preserving Honey-Lemon Fennel & Date Compote – Recipe! May 27, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Cheese is something I adore and eat on most days. I miss fancy restaurants with a cheese cart that comes rolling up to your table, and a server well informed on all the varieties of cheese from across the globe. I enjoy most any type of cheese from the super stinky, to the harder cheeses […] Read more » Cheese Compote Recipe Cheese Course Recipes cooking with Gena Bell Fennel Recipes genabellrecipes Honey-Lemon Fennel & Date Compote - Recipe! Lemon Fennel Compote Preserving Recipes
Love Preserving Strawberry-Rose Refrigerator Jam – Recipe! May 4, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Fresh berries are one of life’s true pleasures and on occasion, I buy too many all at once and they start to go bad. Instead of saying goodbye, I usually turn them into refrigerator jam. This weekend I noticed that a basket of strawberries were headed that way, and a handful of raspberries, so I […] Read more » cooking with Gena Bell genabellrecipes Jam Recipe Jam Recipes Preserving Recipe Strawberry Preserves Strawberry Refrigerator Jam Recipe Strawberry-Rose Refrigerator Jam - Recipe!
Live Breads and Buns Love Whole Grains Sweet-Spice Sourdough Rolls – Recipe! March 25, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Now that we are destined to stay at home for a while, it’s time to build your sourdough starter or Levain, as it’s called in France. Sourdough Starter is the yeast the makes bread rise, and if you make it from scratch, it’s healthier, natural and comes from mother nature, as opposed to a packet […] Read more » Baking with Gena Bell genabellrecipes How to Bake Sourdough Rolls Rolls Recipe Sourdough Rolls Recipe Sweet Spice Sourdough Rolls - Recipe! Whole Grain Recipes
Food Favorite Things Love Main Courses Chicken in Creamy Chipotle Sauce – Recipe! March 7, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Every year at Christmas, I ask Santa for a few new cookbooks, and this year I was lucky enough to receive, “Oaxaca” – Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico. Oaxacan food is comprised of some pretty special dishes, and probably most known for Mole’. If you’re not familiar with Mole’, it’s made with a […] Read more » Best Chicken Recipes Bricia Lopez Chicken in Creamy Chipotle Sauce - Recipe! Chipotle Chicken Recipe cooking with Gena Bell Easy Chicken Recipes genabellrecipes Oaxaca Cookbook One Pan Chicken Recipe
Cookies Gluten-Free Live Love Gluten-Free Sweetheart Oatmeal Rum Raisin Cookies – Recipe! February 7, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Oatmeal cookies are one of my favorite desserts because while they are a treat, they taste slightly healthy. When I was a kid, we baked often and chocolate chip cookies seemed to be the most popular, but I always enjoyed an oatmeal raisin cookie. As an adult, I think I can appreciate an oatmeal cookie […] Read more » Adult Cookie Recipes Baking with Gena Bell Best Oatmeal Cookies genabellrecipes gluten free recipes Gluten-Free Oatmeal Rum Raisin Cookies - Recipe! How to Bake Oatmeal Cookies Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Recipe Valentine's Day Desserts
