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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Muffins: the perfect excuse to eat cake for breakfast. I love muffins and I certainly love cake. These delicious muffins are the perfect way to use up those ripe (or even overly…
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Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies are exactly what they say: cookies with three kinds of chocolate. They are divine, if you want a rich decadent cookie. The lower flour content makes these cookies…
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If you’ve ever been to the chain restaurant “Red Lobster” you’ve probably gorged yourself on these delicate little biscuits. I’ve changed the recipe up a little bit, using a touch of dill in…
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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 simple addition to cut fresh fruit elevates it tremendously.…
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This week I ran out of (gasp!) butter. That has happened one time in my last 4 years of dedicated baking. I always have lard on hand and needed to make some cookies for some…
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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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If you’ve attended one of my pie classes you’ll know my affinity for a nice crumb topped pie. This very topping minus the pastry bottom is exactly what I go for when…
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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 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…
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How did I miss that it is National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day? (I already missed the National Pig Day memo… sheesh). I gave 8 softball pitching lessons today and 9 if you count the…














