It’s fun to share both my tried-and-true recipes and newer finds. Sometimes it’s challenging to convert some of my favorite concoctions to a repeatable recipe. With many years of cooking experience there are many times …
Chocolate Peanut Butter Candies
Most people would agree celebrating is always better when there are sweet treats to tempt and savor. Valentine’s Day is no exception. Whether it’s cupcakes, cookies or chocolates…there must be something sweet for your sweet! …
Roast Beef and Gravy
When Tom was growing up his family enjoyed a traditional Sunday dinner of Roast Beef and Gravy. His mother would start the roast before they left for church, and when they returned home, she prepared …
Garlic Green Beans
Green beans, as is the case with most vegetables, can be eaten raw. But they are most commonly served after cooking. Thankfully, there are many ways to cook vegetables. Just because you don’t care for …
Cranberry Orange Cookies
This is the time of year when kitchens all across the country will be the busiest with cookie baking. Whether for the family, cookie exchanges, bake sales or gift giving there’s plenty of treats to …
Sweet Potato Roll
It’s that time of year again…Pumpkin everything! Pumpkin decor, pumpkin candles, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin lattes…pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin. People go wild for pumpkin flavor…or do they? Perhaps it’s more about the warming spices that accompany …
Apple Streusel Bars
Did you know there are about 2,500 varieties of apples grown in the United States? Flavorful and full of fiber and other nutrients, apples are good for you. It has been said that “an apple …
Easy Artisan Rolls | NO KNEAD RECIPE!
Making bread is both a science and an art. Once you are used to the process you can experience deliciously rewarding results. I’ve been baking bread, especially whole wheat bread, for over 30 years. Several …
Smoked Pork Steaks
This recipe for Smoked Pork Steaks came about somewhat accidentally when my plans for dinner one night went awry. Here’s the story: Menu planning for the week doesn’t work for me. It’s not my style. …
A Mother’s Work
A mother’s work is never done. Perhaps that’s because a mother’s work is not a job. It’s a role, a calling, an identity. It is who a mother is, no matter what she does or …
Enchilada Sauce
It can be fun to go to a garage sale because you never know what you’re going to find. When you host your own garage sale, you know what you’re going to sell, so there’s …
Twice Baked Potatoes
Spanish explorers sailed to the New World in search of great riches, especially gold. While much gold was found, but not as much as they wished, something else of great importance was found and transported …