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  • 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

  • Tomato-Zucchini Pie

    Sunday, June 30, 2019 It’s was hot summer day and I still wanted to turn on the oven and bake. I have tried sewing instead, but I love to cook, so I allowed myself to indulge! Today’s recipe is a mash up of several, but it comes mostly from the current July 2019 issue of Southern 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

  • Spanish Rice, passed down from Mom

    Tuesday, June 21, 2016 Spanish Rice, the way Barbara Ham Stephens made it!  It’s funny: I never think of making this for anyone unless I’m missing Mom. I make it for Dad when I visit, usually. I make it when asked. But my kids don’t know much about it because I make it more for Read more

  • Spaetzle anyone?

    Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Have you eaten spaetzle yet? If not, I am recommmending it!! I first found this wonderful pasta/noodle extraordinaire in Germany. Or was it in Austria that I first ate this interesting noodle with its crooked looks and awesome texture? I am not sure about the very first bite, because once I Read more

  • Can you say “cookie please?” Everything Cookies: when chocolate chip meets oatmeal

    Monday, May 25, 2009 I love to bake! Cookies are the way to say ‘I love you’ or You are special, to anyone! My kids grew up helping me make cookies and today, they are both budding chefs: Steve is making his mark on the ‘global market’. He likes to make omelets, gyros, greek salads, Read more

  • Swiss Steak with peppers and onions

    Thursday, March 26, 2009 Today is my mother, Barbara Ham Stephen’s, birthday. She would be 73 today, but she died from lung cancer at 66, Aug. 17, 2002. I woke up thinking about this today so I thought it would be a fitting tribute to her, to write about one of her famous main dishes: Read more

  • The Creole Shrimp Story and recipe

    Saturday, March 21, 2009 It was more than a dozen years ago that Terry and I last visited New Orleans. We went for T’s PT conference and I love to tag along. My parents came to OK to watch Allie and Steve, who were about 3 and 7 years old. They agreed to stay 6 Read more