This is another of “Grandma’s Recipes”, meaning a recipe I picked up from my mother-in-law. And although Not Your Traditional Ambrosia, (which is made with fresh mandarin oranges, coconut and marshmallows) we love it at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Why I never make it any other time of year I’m not sure. I think I just…
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Continue ReadingI can hardly believe Thanksgiving is this week! We’re super excited and are planning to have about 30 people (family and friends) at our house. We love having a house-full! Thanksgiving was the first holiday my husband and I ever spent together. We’d been married about three months and went to visit his family…
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Continue ReadingThis is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Hillshire Brands Company. All opinions are entirely my own. It’s time to start the Christmas celebration planning! It will be here before we know it. What’s a great celebration with out some great food? When it comes to entertaining and celebrating, I want…
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Continue ReadingIt’s no secret….I LOVE Southern Living Magazine! It’s the only magazine I read faithfully, cover to cover, every month. I love all the beautiful decorating ideas, gardening tips (even though I can’t grow a plant to save my life), and Southern vacation destinations but what I most look forward to each month is the recipes!…
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Continue ReadingTime Saving Tuesday….Easy Queso Dip. For those NOT in Texas, queso just means cheese….or more specifically when ordering at a restaurant, cheese dip! Until we moved here I just called it “cheese dip”, having no idea it had a fancy Spanish name. Today I’m sharing with you one of the quickest and best Queso…