My friend from work, Jennifer, brought this Great Value drink mix container to me and asked if I thought I could do anything with it. I had to think on it for a while but then – it hit me – I needed several reading glass holders thorughout the house and also at the office….
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Cinnamon Sugar Pecans
Remember when I told you about our pecan trees and how Rocket, Top Girl, and SIL went into the backyard and picked up two or three bucketfuls of them? We took them to the nut place and had them cracked and blown – then we took them to mom and she shelled them for me….
My Valentine to YOU!
Hi all! This is just a quick note to let you know I have put about 60 of my Nana’s Vintage Valentines on the blog and you can copy any of them for personal use. Also, if you look on the right side bar, you will see I took one of them and made…
Fage Yogurt Cup Challenge
Recently, my friend Laurie over at Indulge Your Shelf put out a challenge that I just could not resist! She had begun a diet routine that included eating yogurt each day. The yogurt she chose was Fage Greek yogurt – you know the one with the little “handle” in the back that holds the fruit?…
Mardi Gras King Cake
Have you ever been to Mardi Gras? It is a celebration of food, drink and debauchery – it is supposed to be one last big party prior to Lent which is the 40 days leading up to Easter. There are many parades and family gatherings with friends in tow, generally associated with New Orleans (NOLA)…
Alpine Sauce
Does Bleu Cheese sauce make you blue? Does Ranch dressing make you wretch? Have I got a dip for you! I call it Alpine sauce because it is as close as I can get to the Alpine Sauce of my favorite childhood pizza hangout – Lindenloft Pizza. The would spread it over hot dog buns…
Super Secret Ingredient No Bake Cookies
Good morning friends……….is it still morning? This is my third attempt at this post. I made these cookies this weekend when I was feeling great – I even felt great as I drove to work yesterday morning but about an hour in to the day I started sneezing and getting stuffed up which is not…
Pressure Cooker Cuban Sandwich
On my last pass through my Nana’s cookbook, I saw her recipe for Pressure Cooker Pork bringing back memories of old pots with screaming pressure release whistles never knowing if the lid would fly off the pot and crash through the ceiling leaving a trail of food in its path. Mostly she canned in hers…
Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Icing
Last week when I was hunting up my mom’s birthday cake recipe, I ran across a couple of interesting things that I will be sharing over the next few weeks. This first one has to do with Rose. My mother has had four best friends in her life Mary Jo was her best friend in…
Pineapple Cake with Coconut Pecan Icing
My mother’s birthday was last Friday. At 76-years-old, she gets around great and still drives which makes her very popular at the senior apartments where she lives. She has a group of friends who play cards a few nights each week and there are always snacks. Because mom and her peer group were teenagers during…