I reported earlier in the month that my husband gave me an Instant Pot for Christmas. Although it wasn’t at the top of my wishlist (nor, indeed, anywhere on my wishlist), I have tried to give it a fair opportunity. Here is a recipe for one of my more successful […]
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Recipe: Easy Bean and Sausage Soup
Bean soup isn’t really a summer dish, but a few weeks ago I needed something easy to make on a day when my husband and I had to eat dinner at different times. He had an evening meeting and needed to eat before he went. My late afternoon meeting meant […]
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Recipe — Hot Fudge Cake and Icing (aka the Nadine Spanner Chocolate Cake)
My daughter came home for her birthday last week, and it was a delight to have her visit. But that meant my husband and I had to make a birthday cake. I’ve mentioned the decadent Nadine Spanner Chocolate Cake in an earlier post. It is the “go to” cake in […]
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The Great Spoon Bread Debate
My son came to visit recently, and while he was here, an old family debate surfaced in our kitchen and on Facebook. As I’ve mentioned before, my son likes to cook. As he was planning his trip home, he told me he would be happy to fix some meals for […]
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Recipe: Old-Fashioned Green Beans
A staple recipe in our household is Old-Fashioned Green Beans. They’re easy to make, and the recipe doubles easily so it can feed a crowd. My husband and I often take these beans to potlucks and other events where we are responsible for a side dish. We also serve them […]
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Recipe: Steak Soup
Shortly after I married my husband, his mother wrote out her recipe for steak soup for me. My husband had made this soup for me already, and I knew he loved it. I liked the steak soup also, but I was very ill one evening after eating it, and I […]
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Recipe — Lemon Bread
Unlike me, my father liked to cook. In fact, he paid part of his way through college as a short-order cook for his fraternity. When my father traveled and found a food item he liked, he cajoled the cook into giving him the recipe so he could make it himself. […]
Continue readingGodetta: A Mexican Casserole
As I’ve written before, I am not a fan of green peppers. In fact, I detest them. So a lot of Mexican food is off-limits for me. I’ve been given many Mexican recipes over the years. I smile politely, and, if the recipe contains green peppers, I throw it in […]
Continue readingThe Squash Dish
One of our family’s go-to recipes is what we call “the squash dish.” I don’t have any better name for it. It was either my sister’s or my brother’s family that started making this, and I don’t know where they found it. But once we tried it at a family […]
Continue readingTime for Lentil Soup
As autumn approaches each year, I think about soup. I will eat soup any time of year, but on cool evenings, it is sustaining and comforting. Add bread and salad, and you’re ready to eat. I make most of my soups in a crock pot, so it’s a quick and […]
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