Over the weekend we had the privilege of hosting one of the great influences in my husband’s life, Al Christian. Al ran the Swine Teaching Farm at Iowa State University for over…
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Baking bread is truly my favorite thing to do. Regardless of how many loaves of bread I bake, I always feel like a magician when I pull the freshly baked bread from…
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Caramel Pecan Sticky Rolls: With the earnings of this winning recipe, I bought a show pig. “Cinnamon” (the mythical female pig) was on my mind for a long time after I’d banked some…
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I’ve been on a canning kick lately. Through this, I’ve realized. I ONLY enjoy canning jams and jellies. I canned pickles this week and they were ‘dill-licious’, but not as fun as beautiful jams…
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$2,000 = Tender yeast dough + Lemon Cream Cheese Filling + Cherry Red Raspberry Filling + Vanilla Almond Icing = Cherry Danish Long version of the recipe: “Cherry Red Raspberry Cream Cheese…
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Cinnamon rolls could be considered my ‘best recipe’. They were the first contest I’d ever entered and the first contest I’d ever won ($500). Lucky me, I guess. This recipe has been…
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Upon arriving home from Sutter Home Winery’s Build a Better Burger I was informed through a friend of friend (thank you Betsy S.) of the Winefest Des Moines, Gateway Market and The Iowa…
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Since these past weeks have been filled with grilling trials and preparations for the Build A Better Burger cook-off, I’ve not been able to mess around and bake any bread. That is…
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This weekend I was privileged to compete in the “Build A Better Burger” National Burger Cook-off at the Sutter Home Winery (part of the Trinchero Family Estates) in St. Helena, California. I…
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I love real honest old fashioned lemonade. Not the fake kind with millions of ingredients. Simply: Lemon, Sugar & Water. That’s all. My daughter has the same love for simple lemonade. She…
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This is one of my favorite fancy-sounding side dishes. These potatoes are so easy to prepare and use a very limited amount of ingredients and are customizable, which as you know… I…
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This recipe was awarded one of the first blue ribbons I ever took away from the Iowa State Fair (2010) cooking and baking competitions. I won the breads class within the “Fresh Corn…
