This recipe is another from the files of my Nana – she took it to potlucks, especially at church and you could almost always count on making this along with a peach cobbler and some of her macaroni and cheese if someone passed away that we knew. As you know, I have been eating smarter…
Spring Recipe
Fruit and Vegetable Train with Halfway Homemade Salsa
It’s that time of year again to share with you about #Produceforkids who I partnered with to share these recipes I developed myself with a little help from the host of the campaign, Homeland, to benefit the Oklahoma Regional Food Bank. The campaign runs from May 31 through June 30, 2016. If you purchase any…
Bacon Salad with Warm Dressing #baconmonth
This recipe was the only other recipe I found in the box of pictures attributed to Aunt Betty. The other one was the orange Mandarin cake. Apparently, she liked Mandarin oranges. When I first read the recipe I was a little put off by the dressing but I forged on and you know? It tasted…
TOM Salad
How is everyone doing? We are all fine but this weather is so hot and humid, if we were to hang our clothes out on a line, they would never dry! This post is about a cool and refreshing salad that you can serve in a bowl or cleverly on toothpicks as an appetizer –…
Grilled Ribs with Mango Pineapple Sauce
This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Weave Made Media® and Farmland/Smithfield, but all my opinions are my own. #weavemade #ReadySetRibs http://my-disclosur.es/RgFrEH MemorialDay is the official start of summer in the United States however, as a child I remember it being called Decoration Day. We always went up to our…
Cornish Hens with Mango Avocado Salsa for #MothersDay #HealthySpring #KitchenIQ
Welcome to my Mother’s Day Healthy Spring Giveaway sponsored by #KitchenIQ! When I was invited to do this giveaway, it was determined we would be calling it Healthy Spring and most of the posts are vegetarian and/or vegan – but this girl was raised around farm animals so healthy means eating chicken instead of beef…
Quickie Kimchi
As many of you know, my son-in-law is Korean….and Italian and Polish but tonight we are talking about his Korean heritage. His dad was an Air Force pilot stationed in Korea when he met his mom – they fell in love, got married and moved back to the states, New Jersey to be exact and…
Peeps Sugar Cookie Sheet
Hello everyone! I have missed you guys and I hope you have missed me too. It has been a rather wild 8 days and the wildness does not look like it is going to let up anytime soon. First, the neighborhood Internet has been down more than up (and up only when I am not…
Bacon and Cabbage
I want to welcome all the new people who are now following this blog because of my friends Joan at Chocolate, Chocolate and More and Retro Wifey! There is also someone who shared my Aunt Irene’s Lemon Meringue Pie on FaceBook Sunday but I cannot figure out who it is – if you know…
St. Patrick’s Day Round-Up
St. Patrick’s Day will be here in a week! I’m sharing some related recipes this week starting with a round-up of recipes from the past that I believe represent the holiday and the Irish people – of whom I am one. Later this week I will share recipes involving cabbage. I had to…