I am pleased to bring you this post, sponsored by Produce for Kids and Homeland Stores of Oklahoma to benefit the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. As you know, I spent the better part of my career helping those individuals who needed food for themselves and their families, to find ways and resources to do…
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Skillet Corn and Lima Beans Succotash
Here’s an update on my Allrecipes. Com recipe! It came in my email today!! Yay!! It came with some great slow cooker chicken recipes and then, in the second row – Ta Da! There I am. I have two reviews now here’s that post: Halloween Ghosties YIPEE!! I tried to give you the link, but it took you straight…
Small Fried Apple Pies
***This is the most important thing to remember when reading this post: Mr. Picky Eater LOVED them – he even complimented me. He didn’t get that nickname for throwing about admiration for my cooking skills, so this recipe is a great big success as far as I am concerned! As I was reading other…
Banana Nut Butter Crescents
Y’all know how much I loved my friend Pam’s Reese’s Banana Bread Muffins, right? Something else I’ve become a little obsessed with different flavors of nut butters! Until a few weeks ago, I had never tried Nutella, Biscoff, or any other kind of exotic peanut butter. I’m a Peter Pan girl and I lived in…
Guest Post: Curried Sweet Potato-Apple Soup
Dear friends: I’m still slugging away at this diet! It’s been 14 days today and I have lost a great amount of weight but I will be glad when tomorrow comes and I can add some more calories into my meals! I’ve been reading all your blogs and I’ve got a list of tasty things…
Watermelon, Mango, and Black Pepper Jelly
Several weeks ago, one of my friends and followers asked me about watermelon jelly. I really had never done that before but it got me to thinking. Since watermelons were, and are, in season I started buying one per week to figure it all out. It took me some time to get it right but…
ABC’s of Roasting Green Chilies
This is a short tutorial on how to prepare green chilies for use. I don’t have a gas oven and the grill is oftentimes not allowed during the summer where we live because of wind or drought. I roast my green chilies in the oven with great success! Here we go….. Wash and dry your…
Hatch Green Chiles – Green Chile Sauce Recipe
Did you know that it is almost Hatch Green Chile time? Hatch is the name of a town in New Mexico and they grow the most incredible green Chiles in the world. The Chiles are harvested during August and September each year. There is even a festival dedicated to celebrating the harvest of this wonderful…
Restaurant Style Fajita Salad
Tex Mex is big here. We have a restaurant called South of the Border that makes a wonderful Fajita Salad, they are also great professionals with a great dumbwaiters. I eat it nearly every time we go. Mr. Picky-eater liked the fried chicken salad so much, I thought he may like this as well –…
Jalapeno Poppers
Okay, the poppers aren’t perfect and they are fattening – but they are oh so good! I’ve always been up front about my domestic impairment so you shouldn’t be surprised. I bet most all of you could do this and they would come out magazine-cover perfect. I consider my imperfection in cooking a free public…