Ever had a Texas Toothpick? They are so good! Often we order them as an appetizer or as our main meal if it is just Top Girl and me. Generally they have something that looks and tastes like tempura batter on it and taste so scrumptious that sometimes we sit eating them until the…
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Great-Grandma P’s Butterscotch Pie
I am so excited to participate in Yinzerella’s blog Dinner is Served 1972’s first annual #Pieathalon where 12 bloggers have swapped vintage pie recipes and agreed to make those pies for today’s event. Here is a list of the blogger’s and their assigned pie: Brian of Caker Cooking – Chess Pie Ruth of Mid Century Menu – Avocado…
Potstickers
I found a recipe on another blog for potstickers that were easy and had the ability to freeze ahead for a meal later. I planned it all out and purchased the items I did not have and began making the recipe. I must have read it wrong, I thought, because it was all wrong! So,…
Chocolate Chocolate Donuts!
Do you know what a chocolate chocolate is? Where I’m from it is a chocolate cake donut with chocolate icing and it is my favorite donut on the face of the earth! Sometimes on Sunday mornings Mr. Picky Eater will announce he is going to the donut shop for a special treat. He doesn’t even…
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…
Nana’s Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie with Meringue
Today is Mother’s Day and my mom is still spry enough to care for Rocket three days per week. Heck, I am not spry enough to do that! To avoid crowds of children bringing their moms as well as parents bringing their children who just graduated (it’s graduation weekend at OU) we will avoid restarants…
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…
Steak Sandwiches with Cheesy Horseradish Aioli
I got a very exciting phone call late Friday afternoon and I hope to be able to share some news with you someday soon. Because of the call, I was in the mood to celebrate at supper with something tasty that we had not eaten before so I sat down to pull up my trusty…
Cherry Dump Cake
Last night we ate and then we wanted something quick and sweet to eat so I went to the pantry to see what we had and we had just the perfect dish in an hour: Dump Cake! Have you ever had any or made it? YUM!! I’m going to show you how to make here…