Today we weaned 2/3 litters of our little pigs off of Oink and Cinnamon. It is certainly time to do that and it was fairly easy. The two big ladies were excited to…
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These potatoes go perfectly with any spread you can imagine. They are creamy, flavorful and flat out delicious. They are pretty fancy too, and you can make them ahead of time and finish…
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I think you’ll be hard pressed to find a recipe that is more ‘Midwest’ than this one. Ham balls are one of my favorite childhood recipes. My Mom makes divine ham balls…
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This recipe is for my beautiful, sweet and caring friend Tiffany. I promised her a seafood dish today (since it is Friday during Lent, you know) and this is one of my favorites. It…
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This is one of my favorite quick cooking beef recipes, a modification of this recipe won a blue ribbon at the Iowa State Fair for the “Healthy Beef Appetizers” division, sponsored by…
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I think my Dad is quite the cattleman. Now, he’s not the horseback, roping, wrangling type of cowboy you may expect he’d be since I dubbed him with the ‘cattleman’ distinction. Plain and…
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When I traveled to NYC this past October with my husband for being a winner in the Kenmore Honored Harvest Time Recipe Competition for their 100th Anniversary I met a city that I…
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Here’s the first of many (hopefully) 10 Minute Dinners I plan on featuring at my blog. I’m always into anything that is quick and easy and incorporates the ‘stuff’ I tend to…
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This week I made a promise to a friend to make a couple of healthy recipes for the blog. This happens to be one of the easiest I make and certainly one of…
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Bacon. One word, so many dreamy possibilities. My favorite way to eat bacon is by ‘candy-ing’ it. The first time I actually made candied bacon I was smitten. I made Cayenne Candied…
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Here’s a recipe that I made up for Iowa Farmer Today when they recently visited. Jeff DeYoung is a great guy I had the pleasure of working with on the article and…
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Recently at a trip to the grocery store I purchased a 5# bag of russet potatoes for $.69. Impressive right? I thought so, then realized I don’t do much with russets. I’ve been…
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Making fresh pasta with my daughter has to be one of the highlights of my life. I am working on recipes for an upcoming class and tonight we focused on the pasta…
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I must be a little nostalgic in this post as it was my son’s 2nd (and golden) birthday on December 2nd. He had a big food-holiday on his birthday complete with Grandpa (Bobo)…
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I have posted some dinner roll recipes lately and it would be a tragedy if I didn’t share some of my favorite compound butter recipes… savory and sweet. The truth about compound…
