Homemade Chili Recipe
I love my homemade chili recipe. The flavors come together in the perfect blend. You will always hear me say that I never want to taste something and know immediately what a certain flavor is. I want my food to delight not overpower the senses. I think my Homemade Chili Recipe fits that bill perfectly. […]
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Easy Lasagna Casserole
Have you ever gotten a call that some company is coming and you just don’t know what to make? This easy lasagna casserole came to my rescue the other night! I adapted it from a 1954 cookbook and love the way it turned out. It is easy to make and takes the place of something […]
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Easy Crust Pizza
This Easy Crust Pizza is so much fun to make! I promise that if you were to help your kids make this pizza, you would also be making some great memories. It comes together quickly and the toppings can be whatever you want. I used browned hamburger and mushroom, but your imagination is the limit. […]
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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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Easy Beef and Potato One-Pot Dish
School nights call for easy meals! This Easy Beef and Potato One-Pot Dish has to be one of the quickest things you can make to satisfy your family on a packed weeknight. I love the way it just uses one pot, so clean up is easy too. I serve this with some Tostado chips, shredded […]
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Easy Chicken and Shrimp Pasta
I just love it when I can come up with an easy recipe! This Easy Chicken and Shrimp Pasta recipe is definitely one of the easiest I have made in a while! It comes together within 30 minutes and has you going back for seconds. Tender chicken and baby shrimp, over penne pasta, covered in […]
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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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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 […]
