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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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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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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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 […]
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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. It has an amazing texture […]
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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 taste so GOOD! The other […]
