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Just Plain Deliciousness

Soft Tacos With Sausage and Feta

The first time I made these tacos, I think I had some ground pork in the freezer, and I’d recently discovered the pleasure of making my own Italian Sausage.   The tacos sounded...

Sour Cherry Cake

Oh my gosh, it feels amazing to be cooking and baking again!  I can’t even begin to explain this change that has come over me.  Our last house was such a blessing...

Fresh. Cherry. Pie.

This pie is… in one word… AMAZING. I have played with cherry pies for years.  No matter how hard I tried though, I could not assemble a cherry pie that I thought...

Tabbouleh With Chickpeas

I am on a roll with the August issue of Eating Well magazine.  In particular, the feature on grain salads has produced two winners so far- and I’m eyeing up a third...

Baked Chicken with Leeks and Apples

Yesterday Andy asked for a simple baked chicken for dinner.  I was good with that, and I was making a grocery run, so I could pick up whole chicken legs, which I...

Meatless Taco Filling? Oh My, Yes!

Last night was a taco night for our family, and my chosen filling was a ground turkey filling.  I have a couple of rolls of the better quality frozen turkey in the...

The Easiest Pasta Sauce!

One of the many challenges with our new schedule is trying to not make the same things over and over.  There are several nights a week where I need to make a...

Delicious Red Velvet Cake

Abigail’s one request that she had for food for her birthday this year was for a Red Velvet cake.  I’ll tell you, I really, really didn’t want to make this cake for...

Blueberry Lemon Cake

Our blueberries came in just as we were about to leave for our camping trip.   I quickly made a batch of Blueberry Spice Jam before we left, ate all we could possibly...

Roasted Corn Cheese Dip

  This is one of those recipes that is so much more than it seems.  I found this recipe in my most recent issue of Eating Well magazine.  I’d received the magazine...

Brownies With A Twist

We were blessed this past weekend to travel West a few hours and spend some time with extended family.  It’s a weekend we look forward to every year, though this year it...

An Amazing Pickled Jalapeno

This is a quick pickle, my friends.  This is a one jar at a time deal that you store in the fridge and pull out as needed.  And it will be needed,...