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  • We Eat with Our Eyes Too

    Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Above: Chicken noodle Soup and pizza with veggies and sausage The chicken noodle recipe is below. The pizza is for color. I’ll share that another day!  I recently saw a friend’s Facebook post, showing a meal this person loved, which was served at a local restaurant. Since I read the post 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

  • THE Sauce….Strawberry-Rhubarb – It’s what’s for dessert!

    Sunday, July 12, 2020 Maybe you have heard me talk about ‘the sauce’. Well…it’s the bomb. This is the Strawberry-Rhubarb sauce that I make when Terry and I just want something to put on ice cream or it’s so wonderful with pound cake, sauce and some cool whip. And ice cream. Don’t judge! It’s amazing! Read more

  • Brunswick Stew – First tasted in NC, made in KY!

    Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Brunswick Stew is a hearty dish!  I looked up its origin and found it’s been around since 1898, and most likely first made in Georgia. I remember it as one of my grandmother’s (Meme) dishes. Actually I remember the one time so I really don’t know if she perfected it by Read more

  • Basic Pimento Cheese

    Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Pimento Cheese….it’s a real southern thing! And it seems like everyone has their own take on it, including me! Well, I mix it up sometimes, depending on my partakers. For instance Allie dislikes mayonnaise so when she is around, I make it with more cream cheese/sour cream than mayo. When Steve Read more

  • Trying Times calls for Creative Menu Planning! March 2020

    Friday, March 20, 2020 Hi friends, family and people of the blogs! I’m home, like the rest of the world, working, living, and amusing myself with what I love to do: EAT! Unlike some of you I like to COOK what I eat. I’d invite you over, but the COVID 19 Pandemic says I cannot. 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

  • 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