Butter Cookies

Butter Cookie Recipe

One of the things that I love about these Butter Cookies is they can be the base for just about any cookie I can think of.  This time I made Coconut Butter Cookies, but I am REALLY looking forward to making them into several varieties.   I decided to try tweaking them into a coconut butter […]

Starbucks Lemon Loaf Dupe

Lemon Loaf Dupe Recipe

Check out this Starbucks Lemon Loaf Dupe! So, it is not often that I “copycat” a recipe, but when my daughter challenged me to make something like the Starbucks Lemon Loaf but with a cake mix… I was intrigued.  I took a Duncan Hines yellow cake mix and let my mind wander… of course, I […]

Molasses Ginger Cookies

Molasses Ginger Cookie Recipe

Before you make this recipe for Molasses Ginger Cookies, you should know that you will need to chill the dough for at least 1 hour!  I would hate for you to decide to make this for an office party the night before and not start it until late in the evening and then have to […]

White Chocolate Lemon Streusel

White Chocolate Lemon Streusel

Sometimes I run across a recipe that is a little hard to follow.  These white chocolate lemon streusel bars are worth the effort, but you have to follow the directions, or you will get lost!  I located this recipe in one of my recipe card books that I grabbed off the rack for years.  You […]

King Ranch Pasta

King Ranch Pasta Recipe

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. […]

Spanish Rice Recipe

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 […]

Apple Sweet Dip

Apple Sweet Dip

With Fall in the Air… OK in Texas it is more like ” Hello, Winter is here”… I get this overwhelming urge to eat more apples. This Apple Sweet Dip is the perfect thing to serve up with sliced apples. It is so tasty, that the kids won’t have any problem eating their fruit and […]

Banana, Pear, and Pecan Muffins

Pear and Banana Muffin Recipe

The other day my sister-in-law delivered some pears to me from her pear tree.  They are canning pears and I really didn’t want to take the time to can them, so I decided to make some muffins out of them.  I came up with this Banana Pear and Pecan Muffin recipes and I must say […]

1954 Chicken Florentine

Chicken Florentine Recipe

I love taking old recipes and revising them for today.  For instance, this 1954 Chicken Florentine recipe had a jigger as a measurement.  I had to educate myself to edit this one, and I was extremely pleased with the results.  The chicken turned out moist, and the sauce was perfect.  I served this over some […]

Creamy Dijon Chicken

Creamy Dijon Chicken

Inspired by a Tuscan Chicken recipe, this Creamy Dijon Chicken is one of my favorite recipe creations.  The chicken is moist and full of flavor.  The sauce has just the right hint of tang.  I have always lived by the rule that I want the people that eat my food to find the perfect blend […]