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Chicken Pot Pie

November 11, 2011

Pin It Earlier this week I posted a recipe for classic macaroni and cheese. One of the most basic recipes and one which I think every cook should have in their recipe box. Today I’m continuing with that same concept of good, solid, basic recipes by sharing with you my recipe for a classic Chicken Pot Pie. Just [...]

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Banana-Maple French Toast

October 28, 2011

Pin It Oh, my gosh, has it ever been a busy week around here! I don’t know what happened but it seems like I got hit with three Mondays at once and I thought Friday would never get here. I’m looking forward to this weekend for some rest, cooking fun recipes in the kitchen and [...]

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Sunday Beef Stew

October 3, 2011

Pin It As much as I hate to see Summer go, I am really glad that it’s getting to be the time of year when we all start making our favorite soups and stews. All those comforting foods that come along with cool days and changing leaves. One of our favorites for the time of [...]

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Black Bean Chili

September 30, 2011

Pin It Well y’all, Fall is definitely starting to show her face around here. You know, here in the South, Fall can be a real tease. She shows up with her nice cool temperatures for a day or two and then…poof!…she’s gone again. She brings you a nice crisp morning one day and then the [...]

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Corn-Bacon Chowder

September 26, 2011

Pin It It’s Secret Recipe Club time again!In case you’ve forgotten, the Secret Recipe Club is a group of food bloggers each of whom are assigned to make and post a recipe from one of the other participants’ blogs. You visit your assigned blog, choose a recipe, make and post it. But, here’s the catch. [...]

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Meatballs in Creamy Tomato-Dill Sauce

September 23, 2011

Pin It Sometimes I feel creative and adventurous in the kitchen. That’s when I really enjoy taking ingredients and making them into something new, fresh, different. Other times I’m simply stuck in a rut. Those are the days when I fall back on my kitchen classics. Pot roast. Baked chicken. Omelets. You know what I mean, right? The [...]

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Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato (BLT) Pasta

September 17, 2011

Pin It People think that because I write a food blog that I must cook constantly. Well, it is true that I do enjoy getting in the kitchen and making great food for my family. However, if I’m being totally honest, there are days when by dinner time I’m just completely wiped out. Does that [...]

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Country Ham with Red-Eye Gravy

September 9, 2011

I’m putting my country roots in full view today. Yes, I’m reaching way back into the past for this post. Back to something that was an ordinary, every day part of life when I was growing up – Country Ham and Red-Eye Gravy. I would be willing to bet that there’s no one who grew [...]

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Bacon and Cheese Frittata

September 6, 2011

We finally got some rain! Thanks to Tropical Storm Lee, our little piece of the Earth isn’t quite so parched any more. It had been a long time since our last rain. I think we may have had two small showers in August but it had been since sometime in July that we’d had a [...]

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Italian Sausage and Roasted Pepper Sandwich

August 19, 2011

Gardening has always been such a great pleasure for me. Planting those little seedlings in the Spring with high hopes for a bountiful crop. Some years it works out and some years…well. This year the tomatoes just fizzled before they ever really got started. We grew some monster tomato vines but the temperatures didn’t cooperate [...]

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Butter Roasted Chicken

August 16, 2011

I’ve roasted many a chicken in my time. Many. First because it’s one of the most delicious meals you can serve your family. And you can change the seasonings to suit your and your family’s tastes. Second because it’s just so easy. Season up the chicken, pop it in the oven and come back later [...]

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