Tried and true recipes, new twists on old favorites, and new dishes to expand my family's palate.
As you can see, it’s been a long time since my last post. Summer was a crazy whirlwind that just flew by for me and now we are almost at the end of September! Life just got in the way of my postings here. Thank you to all of you who emailed me to ask [...]
When I was cleaning my bedroom the other day I came across a book I had forgotten I bought. Last year my son’s school had a book fair and I picked up Taste of Home’s “Fast Fixes with Mixes”. I sat looking through it that night and found several easy and tasty looking recipes I [...]
If you have ever been to a Pampered Chef party you have probably eaten this simple but delicious dish. The first time I ever had it was at my sister in law’s house one Christmas a few year’s back. Not long after that I attended a Pampered Chef party my friend had and enjoyed it [...]
Back in 1993, the year I was married, I received a little holiday recipe booklet put out by Jello-O, Baker’s Chocolate and Diamond Walnuts. I have that booklet to this day and it’s falling apart. It has so many wonderful and decadent desserts in it and I think I’ve made all but two of them over the years. [...]
When I was a little girl we sometimes went over to Carmella’s house to visit. Carmella was the sister of my mother’s friend. Whenever we visited, Carmella always had these cookies on a covered plate on her dining room table. I would wait patiently for her to grab the plate and ask me, “Would you like one?” The [...]
