National Donut Day!

Yes, there is a day devoted to donuts, how great is this!  As much as I like to have a donut at one of our local shops, I cannot do it often.  Making them at home, I can bake instead of fry them, and make some great donuts with fresh ingredients.  DH likes them, as …

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Ham Roll Up Appetizer

Memorial Day weekend is here, and Sunday (the greatest day in racing) calls for munchie snacks for all day grazing.  Starting with the Formula One race in the morning, followed by the Indy 500, and ending in the evening with the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, it is all day racing!  Even though Nascar has become …

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Vanilla Blueberry Tea Cakes

There are times to make something wonderful from scratch, and there are times that a few shortcuts yield just as yummy results.  Recently I had a lovely luncheon with a few friends and I wanted to make something dainty and sweet.  But, with all the things I wanted to do, I needed a shortcut for …

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Sundried Tomato Stuffed Chicken

My husband would rather not eat chicken at home since he orders it out a lot. But, sometimes I want chicken, so I had to come up with a new recipe for him to enjoy.  He loves sundried tomatoes, so I decided to combine these two flavors into one dish.  Here is a stuffed chicken recipe. …

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Homemade Guacamole with Green Onions

Today is Cinco de Mayo, which for our country is a great excuse to eat Mexican food (and maybe have a Margarita after work, LOL).  I love avocados, but the guacamole you get in a restaurant is usually full of raw white onions, which I don't like.  So, I have a recipe for my own …

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Lemon Donuts with Lemon Glaze

Springtime and lemons just seem to go together.  I picked up a lovely lemon at the store, knowing I wanted to do something lemony, but not knowing what.  I thought about a pound cake, then remembered the donut pans.  Ah, ha!  Lemon Donuts! Oh yum, did these ever hit the spot!  And how can you …

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Lightening Up a Comfort Food Dish – Chicken Mornay

When I was in high school, my mother worked as a manager at a local hotel.  She would frequently let me come and have dinner in the restaurant while she was on duty.  They had a dish on the menu I used to get all the time, and haven't made in years.  Of course, their …

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Super Bowl Sunday, Fun Food and Slow Stitching

Go Panthers!! Today will be a fun day, and I hope the Panthers do well.  One thing I learned a few years ago, I don't want any company for the game, and I don't want to go anywhere.  I want to watch both the game and the commercials, without having to entertain or have conversation …

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White Wine Chicken and Mushrooms

I'm not big on white wine to just drink, but I do like to cook with it. The subtle flavor it adds to chicken is just wonderful. One thing I do know, never cook with a wine that you wouldn't drink from a glass. The stuff they sell as cooking wine in the grocery store …

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Slow Roasted Pork

Most of the time I use a slow cooker to cook a pork roast, but last year I saw a new way of cooking this kind of pork on the cooking blog Leite's Culinaria.  I have followed David's blog for a number of years, and some years ago was one of his recipe testers.  The …

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