Recipes

A friend called me and asked, "Do you need a bunch of leftover bread ends?" She had been at a catered event where several bags of...

Here, in the heart of Minnesota, nothing says "Summer" quite like a fresh batch of fridge pickles. I will never forget the first time I...

I have had fine, board-straight hair all my life, with the exception of the times when I've had a perm. I love my stylist, she does a...

A popular boxed rice and pasta side dish is promoted in commercials as a treat from the city known by the nickname "The City by the Bay."...

My husband spends long hours driving a dump truck. Breaks are infrequent, and he hardly ever stops to eat, so his breakfast and lunch...

I don't know if cornbread is mostly a "southern" thing or not. Like pinto beans, I grew up eating cornbread. I think it was on the table...

Growing up in the southeast part of Arizona, and having a mom from Texas, it was only natural that I grew up eating beans, specifically,...

This recipe has been in our family since my husband was a teenager, if not longer. When I got the recipe from Grandma O, it originally...

I know I am not alone when I say there are days that just nothing sounds good for a meal. That is when my "go to" recipe for me is a...

Only recently has my husband started requesting pancakes and waffles. I'm not sure why, as he hasn't wanted them for years. I have found a pretty good pancake recipe.

Recently my daughter asked me to write some recipes for the "90s meals" that we had when she was a little girl. One of the requests she...

When I was a kid, we had a big meal every Sunday. My favorite was when Momma would make a roast beef, potatoes, carrots and gravy. She...

Taco Tuesday is a real thing around here; it can be on any day, even Wednesday or Thursday, especially when I want an easy, no-hassle...

Growing up in Arizona, I had no clue what potato soup was. If we had soup, it was usually out of a can, like tomato or chicken noodle,...

When our kids were little, money was tight, and there wasn't always room in the budget for treats. I figured out that if I got excited...

At Thanksgiving time, there was one pie that Momma always made, and I looked forward to it every year. Pumpkin pie, it's everything...

If you know me, you know that I love to dig for answers and history. Asking where and when recipes originated. With French dressing,...

Mornings in a busy house can seem overwhelming at times. You are running behind schedule, the kids are not cooperating, and everyone...

"Fancy Coffee" is apparently a thing now. When I was younger, there was no such thing as flavored coffee; it was black, with or without...

This recipe actually changed my "pantry". I used to buy this boxed version of instant soup mix when I needed it to make "French Onion...