As I looked back through my recent pictures to decide what to write about, I realized….We have had a lot of Mexican food lately. Thankfully, my family enjoys it. We had these Chicken Quesadillas with our Big Red Soup on Saturday. They were made with an extra piece of chicken left from the night…
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Continue ReadingI like to plan our meals a month in advance, then make one big grocery list and get everything that I need. A few months ago I was making the monthly menu and feeling like we had been eating the “same ol’ thing”, so I decided to look through my cookbooks. In my Gooseberry Patch…
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Continue ReadingFrench Bread Pizza – Homemade All of this week’s posts are about entertaining and hospitality including tips and recipes. I remember when French Bread Pizza was first introduced. It was a new item offered by the frozen pizza makers. When I was younger, I was a VERY picky eater, but since I did like pizza my mom thought I…
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Continue Reading“Walking” Taco Salad First, let me clarify….It’s not REALLY taco salad….It’s a Chip Dip! I may have mentioned this before, but my grandmother taught me how to cook. Because she loved to cook, her idea of hospitality was a BIG meal, usually involving a large portion of meat, several veggies, bread and often DESSERT! My…
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Continue ReadingMy New Ice Cream Maker One evening as my husband and I were talking, he casually mentioned that he “might” have ordered an ice cream maker. In my mind I pictured the old fashioned, hand cranked ice cream makers of my childhood. It was often used on hot summer days at my grandparents house in…