Pineapple Upside Down Cake
This Pineapple Upside Down Cake is the stuff memories are made of. If I was to say “dinner on the ground,” what is the thing that comes to mind for you? For me, it is Mt. Olivet Baptist Church (where my Daddy led the singing) and hot muggy East Texas Sundays. We would all gather […]
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Oatmeal Cream Bars
These Oatmeal Cream Bars are so addictive! My daughter and her best friend came to the house for the weekend, and with them came the request for Oatmeal Cream Bars. I took my recipe for oatmeal cookies and modified it to make a softer flat bar and then added a cream filling for what is […]
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Crispy Chicken Tostadas
I can vividly remember the first time I ate avocado on these Crispy Chicken Tostadas! I was a young girl living in Fred, Texas and my mother let me go stay a week with my cousin Paula and her husband Rodney. They lived close to Galveston, Texas which surely meant a trip to the beach! […]
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One-Pot Spaghetti Stroganoff
This one-pot spaghetti stroganoff is the answer to my busy night prayers. You know the nights when you are working on something, and time slips away. Those nights that you glance up and the clock reads 6:00, and you haven’t even thought about dinner. Well, maybe that was Okay when I was husbandless and childless, […]
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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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Veal Parmigiana Recipe: A Childhood Memory
This Veal Parmigiana Recipe will bring all the flavor of a little Italian cafe to your kitchen table! For me, this recipe also brings back so many memories of summers gone bye. You see, I have an uncle that is Italian. My Uncle and Aunt lived in Louisiana when I was a little girl, and […]
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Soda Vs. Powder
Ever get a frantic phone call about soda vs. powder? My daughter just moved into her first house with her first kitchen and she is learning the “kitchen” ropes. She calls me the other day because she is baking some cookies (from scratch), had some baking powder, but the recipe called for baking soda! She […]
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Whipped (Mashed) Potatoes
For seven years I made whipped mashed potatoes almost every day. That is the life of a restaurant owner/chef. I would get there at 7 am and start peeling. It was actually rather relaxing. I was the only one in the kitchen that early in the morning, so I would turn up the music, sit […]
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Magical Fredericksburg Peach Cobbler
Growing up in Fred, Texas (at least from birth to fourteen) was quite the experience. An experience that peaches never really played a role in. Don’t get me wrong, Fred (what with all the rain it gets in South East Texas) is full of some wonderful homegrown food. My childhood home had fig trees, pear […]
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Lemon-Lime Freezer Pie
I can’t help but get really excited when I find just the right combination of flavors that make up a wonderful recipe and this lemon-lime freezer pie is no exception. It is a scrumptious combination of sweet and tart sitting proudly on top of a graham cracker crust just waiting for the perfect fork. My […]
