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 […]
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Italian Cream Cake
This is a beautiful Italian Cream Cake with Cream Cheese Icing, Coconut, and Pecans. Pair it with a delicious cup of coffee for the perfect dessert.
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Creamy Baked Potato Soup
This creamy baked potato soup was on the top ten list at my restaurant. It is so delicious served with bacon, cheese, scallions, and hearty bread. It may just be the best comfort food around.
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Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie
I have three children, and they each have their own distinct personalities as well as their own favorite cookie. Raychel’s favorite is a chocolate chip oatmeal cookie. We have played with several different recipes over the years and have created our favorite rendition. Our cookie recipe is so versatile, I am sure you are going […]
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Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
I was sixteen when I made my first Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas. I found it in an old recipe book of my mom’s and made them for my boyfriend. I could not find all the ingredients at the only grocery store in my small Texas town so, I left those ingredients out :). The enchiladas […]
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Easy Pizza Four Ways
“Easy Pizza Four Ways” was what I used to make for my family back when I was extremely busy with a restaurant and a photography studio and I didn’t have the time to make complicated meals for the family. For some reason, only known to my kids, they decided last night we needed to have […]
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Cornbread Dressing
Recently, I came across an email I had printed out. It was one my mother sent me in 2000 when I was living in Melbourne, Florida, and about to experience my first Thanksgiving away from family. The email was the recipe for my great grandmothers’ cornbread dressing. The recipe was typical for one being passed […]
