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  • You Know, I was just thinking…

    Food is how I feel but it’s not all I feel. Does that make sense? It’s been quite a summer, 2025, hasn’t it? And now we are fully into fall and I am feeling all the fall feels….pumpkin and cider and apple images are dancing in my head and I’m not too happy about losing Read more

  • May Memories, Mother’s Day and Mud Cake

    Mom’s the word! I’ve had writer’s block. It’s not a big deal because other than this blog and a future recipe book I have no deadlines. However, I pride myself in being a decent writer. I used to write poems and songs. For the longest time, I have had a journal that I write in Read more

  • Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

    Learned this recipe at a cooking class in New Orleans – I’ve made it many times since! Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce This is my first AI image of bread pudding because for the life of me, I cannot find a picture of this when I have made it! I think we eat it up Read more

  • Pumpkin Bread with a side of Gratefulness

    Monday, November 4, 2024 Pumpkin bread, pictured with butter on top, plus butternut squash soup I recently made this delicious pumpkin bread and I thought that it turned out better than usual. I made it to share and so far some of it made its way to my daughter’s house, but that’s as far as Read more

  • Sourdough and Such!

    Sunday, August 30, 2020 Folks, this time I must defer to King Arthur for the recipe, because I tried really  hard to just stick to it! And the product was very nice and tasty too!  Hopefully this link will take you right to their page. The main takeaways are this: 1. Sourdough starter takes patience, Read more

  • Pumpkin squares with Praline Centers

    Saturday, January 4, 2020 First confession: I have too many holiday goodies left over to just quit baking. I’m pretty well known for that in my family. So…I bake more! Second confession: I started with the canned pumpkin recipe on the side of the can but I’ve thrown away the can. However, I’m pretty sure Read more

  • Recipe for Marriage

    Monday, November 6, 2017 A few weeks ago today, daughter Allie married her love, Jordan Keeney. If this isn’t a ‘recipe for grace’ I do not know of one! These two are marvelous together and if I could write a recipe for grace about them and FOR them, it would go like this: A happy Read more

  • Banana Bread with Chocolate chips

    Tuesday, March 21, 2017 This recipe is probably the most asked about, over the years.  When bananas are turning brown, this is what I do with them! The recipe originated from a kids’ play group that I initiated in Lawton, OK in the 90’s and comes from Judi McCormick. Judi, if you are out there Read more

  • Pumpkin Bars and Cream cheese Icing, from scratch – The work of Barbara Stephens, passed down.

    Saturday, October 19, 2013 It’s fall, 2013. The day dawned chilly with a promise of sunshine to come later in the day. Maybe…Meanwhile, I pulled down mom’s recipes, determined to bake from the original version of my mother’s pumpkin bars. Yes, her recipe is much like any found on the web, these days. Here’s the Read more

  • Julie and Julia

    Friday, August 7, 2009 Today I saw the movie “Julie and Julia” with a fellow cooking friend. We loved it, and both laughed heartily and are now ready to cook and eat heartily. Really, the movie makes you hungry, and as a perpetual foodie who is also always weight conscious, this creates a true delimna. Read more