King Ranch Pasta
We have probably all heard of King Ranch Casserole. At my restaurant, I use to take leftover chicken tortilla soup and turn it into King Ranch for lunch specials. What I never did was turn it into this King Ranch Pasta. The other day I really wanted to come up with something new and comforting. […]
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Leola’s Fruit Salad
My husband has an aunt named Leola, that makes this beautiful fruit salad. I have known Leola ever since Jim and I started dating thirty-seven years ago. I will never forget the first time we went to Aunt Leola and Uncle Al’s house in Fredericksburg, Texas, for Thanksgiving. Leola made this fruit salad, and I […]
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Spanish Rice Recipe
When you own a restaurant, you do daily specials. That is just what you do. Once a week, at my restaurant, we made Mexican food, and every time we made it, I would make a large container of this Spanish rice recipe. Recently, I was asked to bring something to a party, and they requested […]
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Chocolate Strawberry Rum Cake
This recipe for a Chocolate Strawberry Rum Cake is something I came up with because I wanted to make something similar to the Cherry Chocolate Rum Cake I used to make at the restaurant. Two days before our Christmas Eve celebration at my parents’ house, my sister pointed out that no one had thought about […]
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Cranberry Pecan Sandies
I created this recipe for Cranberry Pecan Sandies for my father. He loves the Pecan Sandies that you buy from the grocery store, but I wanted to do something special for him. I started researching recipes for Pecan Sandies and Russian Teacakes (which have a very similar texture). It took three tries to develop the […]
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Marshmallow Fruit Dip
The other day I made this Marshmallow Fruit Dip, and now I wonder why I haven’t been making it every time I slice an apple. It is so easy to make and will take any fruit tray to the next level. I can envision a charcuterie fruit board with this so many different fruits at […]
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Chicken Lo Mein
Make a memory, making this Chicken Lo Mein. So the other night, I stayed with my daughter Raychel. She decided that she wanted us to make a lo mein meal. We had a blast putting everything together and getting it on the table. I enjoyed the mother-daughter evening making this with her. Still, there were […]
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Pork Stew
Call me frugal! I love taking leftover food and making a totally different meal. When I make pork loin (they come in two’s) I always have one leftover. Instead of having the same meal the next day, I took it and made this amazing Pork Stew. It was so easy to make and tasted amazing […]
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Creme Brulee
When I owned my restaurant, one of the desserts I often made was the Creme Brulee. It was, by far, my husband’s favorite. I can remember on Saturday nights while I was in the kitchen cooking, he and our kids would be sharing a piece of my “Death by Chocolate” cake and a Creme Brulee. […]
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Sweet Potato Casserole
Every Thanksgiving and Christmas my sister makes PaPaw Mac’s Sweet Potato Casserole. It is one of those traditions that I hope will continue for many years to come. This year, I decided to share the tradition with my husband’s side of the family and bring it to their house too. The hunt for the recipe […]
