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Erika

Playing with Pumpkin

It’s been a pumpkin filled week here in my kitchen. I’ve had several pie pumpkins to cook up and mash and put in the freezer for future use. And of course, I...

The Cinnamon Rolls I Didn’t Make

But I did get to eat them. A friend of mine took the time the other day to make Pioneer Woman’s Cinnamon Rolls. And lucky me, I got one of the pans...

Menu Plan Change :-)

The problem with making a menu plan is sticking to it. I think I’ve gotten pretty good at my menu planning, but sometimes what you had planned to make, and what you...

This Week’s Menu Plan

**Welcome to those of you tuning in from the Seymour area! I hope you’ll poke around and visit for awhile and then come back and visit some more! I post regularly at...

Weekend Extra: Once A Month Cooking

Do you do this? Or are you at least familiar with it? I’ve been interested in the concept of Once A Month Cooking for a long time now. It fascinates me. The...

Chicken and Dumplings- Step by Step

Today’s recipe is one I found recently on Recipezaar. (I seem to be spending a bit of time there lately!) I will never forget the first time I had the proverbial chicken...

Need A New Thanksgiving Pie?

Then this is your lucky day, because I have just the pie for you. After the day of making the crème anglais, I had 6 egg whites that I was determined to...

The Merits of a Good Sturdy Cookbook

A few weeks ago I found myself in the position of needing to make a dessert at the last minute. I didn’t have a whole lot of the fixings for making a...

The Conclusion of Breakfast Week

I hope everyone reading this week has enjoyed breakfast week as much as I have. It’s been a great reminder for me that breakfast is much more than a bowl of cereal...

Breakfast From a Friend

Do you know what the best breakfast is? The one you don’t cook yourself. Breakfast is probably my favorite meal to go out for. I don’t know if that’s because it’s actually...