I was feeling nostalgic tonight so I made Kasha Varnishkes.

For those of you who don’t know what that is, kasha is buckwheat or groats and Varnishkes is Yiddish for bow shaped pasta. So, kasha Varnishkes is kasha with noodles.

A friend of mine said he didn’t like bow tie pasta, they freak him out, I love what makes people tick!

The recipe I made was simple, 2 cups of water with a vegetable bouillon cube (Knorr), 1 cup of kasha (from a box), a little bit of salt and 1 box of bow tie pasta. It’s that simple.

The recipe in the following link is a little more involved, but not much.
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/culture/2/Food/Ashkenazic_Cuisine/Poland_and_Russia/Kasha_Varnishkes.shtml

The reason I was feeling nostalgic is that my mom used to make kasha Varnishkes, I think my grandmother, her mom, used to make it as well. My mom was a great cook, she would try new things all the time.

So now I have a large container of home made goodness and some sweet memories to fall asleep to.