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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Strawberry Pound Cake Recipe
On occasion, I find a recipe that I don’t think needs any tweaking. This Strawberry Pound Cake Recipe from Grandbaby Cakes is one of those recipes. I have pinned it to my Pinterest board @simplymauriekay under desserts for you to go check out! The cake is definitely a pound cake. […]
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Banana Nut Breakfast Cookies
Why do I like these Banana Nut Breakfast Cookies? Well, first of all, I love them because they are similar to banana nut bread but only takes 10 minutes to bake. Secondly, they are just the right size to grace my plate without gracing my middle. And lastly, they just […]
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Crock-Pot King Ranch Casserole
Let’s talk EASY! Easy is what this Crock-Pot King Ranch Casserole is! I love using a crock-pot on busy days and let me tell you, I love my Cuisinart Crock-Pot! There are so many variations of a good Crock-pot King Ranch Casserole but I think this one has to be my […]
