Chocolate Chip Butter Cookie
This is not your traditional Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. This chocolate chip butter cookie recipe starts with a butter cookie base for a lighter more shortbread feeling with just the perfect touch of chocolate. It makes the perfect company for a nice cup of coffee or tea. They are also just the right size that […]
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Sesame Chicken Recipe
One of the things I want to get better at is cooking Chinese style food. This recipe for Sesame Chicken is one of the first I have come up with, and I must say it is a keeper. I started researching how to make it and, through trial and error, figured out what I liked […]
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Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
First attempt at some Chicken and Sausage Gumbo! One of the things that I love about living in a small town is that your neighbors tend to care about you. My in-laws have a nice lady who lives next door to them, always hanging bags of fresh from the garden veggies on their mailbox. The […]
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Chocolate Delight
Light and airy, this Chocolate Delight was a popular recipe during the hot summer months at my restaurant. Now that we are hitting 100 plus degrees here in Texas for weeks on end, I am reaching for this light and cool dessert yet again. This Chocolate Delight probably got its name from the layers of […]
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Watergate Salad
Are you ready for a salad that will bring back memories of grandma? Here is another of my favorite “dinner on the ground” selections. This Watergate Salad is made with marshmallows and pineapple, always served cold, and when my mom wasn’t looking, took up half of my plate. Grad a box of pistachio instant pudding […]
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Damn Good Chocolate Cake
Yes, I said it. This cake is a Damn Good Chocolate Cake. I made this one probably once a week in the restaurant because it was not only easy to make, but it sold so well. When you have a restaurant you have to serve dessert, right? Desserts on the menu meant that I was […]
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Patriotic Fruit Sugar Cookie
This Patriotic Fruit Sugar Cookie is a FLASH from the past! More than 30 years ago I made this dessert for the 4th of July. I was probably 18 or 19 years old and my fiancee (yes, I married young) and I were having some friends over for the 4th of July. I found a […]
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Buckeye Chocolate Crunch Bites
As a food blogger (and a crazy lady) I am always looking for fun things to make. These Buckeye Chocolate Crunch Bites fit that bill! They are inspired by a fellow food blogger Half Baked Harvest and came together really easy. I did change a few things (as always) to make them not as peanut […]
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Scratch German Chocolate Cake
When you see the words scratch and German Chocolate Cake in a title, do I really need to say anything else? 🙂 Well, the story behind this recipe showing up on my blog at this time is simple. Ya see, the other day my son asked me to bake a cake for his best friend’s […]
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Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
This recipe is a fantastic one-dish chicken cordon bleu casserole! One thing I always loved about having a big chef kitchen was that I could make a huge mess! Realy big messes happen when you are creative, right? This new recipe was worth the mess. We all love chicken cordon bleu, and it can be […]
