One of the great things about going out to eat….appetizers! Appetizers are a wonderful invention! Who came up with them anyway? The French? It sounds like a “French” word, maybe? And what does it mean? I have an idea…”reason to eat something really yummy before dinner”….but only at a restaurant. What do we call it…
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Continue ReadingTechnically it’s Fall, but here it’s warm again, and as long as it’s warm we might as well have ice cream, right? As I was preparing to have our church ladies over, I remembered this dessert. It had been YEARS since I’d made it. In fact, so many years my children didn’t remember ever…
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Continue ReadingYesterday’s recipe was Homemade Egg Rolls. What goes better with egg rolls than Sweet and Sour Sauce? One thing I have discovered about having a food blog….it forces me to measure ingredients AND write them down. You see, I’m not usually good about that. I like to “eyeball” measurements, and while that works fine…
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Continue ReadingGrowing up we didn’t eat a lot of “international” type foods. We did frequent the local Mexican restaurant, but it was a real treat if we went to have Chinese food. I always enjoyed the egg rolls, but since this was before the days of “fast food” Chinese, I didn’t get them very often.…
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Continue ReadingThis week I’ve been talking about how we celebrate birthdays. So far I talked about where we went out to eat and the birthday cake. Now it’s time for the Birthday Meal at home. Since most of our Birthday Traditions involve food, we can’t do ALL of them on the same day. We went out for…