Easy Cajun Parmesan Tilapia
The other night I got home late from a school event, and my family was starving! I had not planned, and I was in a big rush to get some dinner on the table. So – I went to one of my favorite 20-minute recipe which I call my Easy Cajun Parmesan Tilapia. It is […]
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Easy Chicken Spread Appetizer
So, I really didn’t have any plans for the Super Bowl. Just hang with my husband and my son for the day… and then my son says “Hey Mom, can some friends come over and watch the game?”. Of course, I say. “No problem”, I say. Next sentence, “Great Mom, they want to know what […]
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Chocolate Rum Cake with Peanut Butter Chocolate Icing
This Chocolate Rum Cake with a creamy Peanut Butter Chocolate Icing and an ice-cold cup of milk (my husband actually puts a glass in the freezer to get it extra cold before the milk is poured in!) definitely satisfies that occasional, overpowering craving for something sweet and delicious! This chocolate rum cake was a favorite […]
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Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Just recently my mom called me to tell me she had pneumonia! Scary, right? Well, after I made sure she was taking care of herself, my next thought was to make her some chicken noodle soup. So, I made up a pot full and took it to her. This is a simple recipe that is […]
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Easy Baked Ziti
To me, this Easy Baked Ziti is an example of how cooking doesn’t have to be complicated. When I was cooking every day in the restaurant I loved it, but when I was at home with no sous chef and no dishwasher (my husband always complains about the number of dishes I can dirty up […]
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Chicken and Spinach Lasagna
This chicken and spinach lasagna dish happened because I had a bag of mozzarella cheese leftover in the fridge and had no idea what I was going to use it in. We already had my homemade pizza a few nights ago, and I didn’t feel in a baked ziti mood so, chicken and spinach lasagna […]
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Chicken Pot Pie
How about some Chicken Pot Pie? At the restaurant, Sunday lunch was huge, and one of the most popular menu items was the Chicken Pot Pie. Made from scratch and served on top of my scratch buttermilk biscuits, it sure does hit the spot. We call this “southern comfort food” because it fills you up and […]
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Beef and Cream Sauce
Recently, my husband (Jim) and I celebrated 33 years of marriage. Our children treated us to a home-cooked steak dinner, and we ended up with leftover steak, which was almost as amazing as 33 years of marriage! So, I made a cream sauce and some potatoes to go with the steak, because it is a […]
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Cajun Pasta
My seventeen-year-old son, Jared, is always asking me to make this recipe. He loves it so much that when it was my turn to feed 40 varsity football player – yep – Cajun Pasta was the request, and they licked the plates clean. The recipe is easy to make! You can find variations of cajun […]
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Crab Cakes
Crab Cakes are probably not what most people think of when they think of the Texas Hill Country. The wall of my restaurant had a large painted sign that said, “Home of Maurie Kay’s Crab Cakes”. Yes, even in the Texas Hill Country, people love crab cakes. All it took was a couple of food […]
