As you all know, I just love a good vintage recipe. Actually, I pretty much like all recipes, but the old ones just appeal to me in a different way. It's the nostalgia, I suppose. I'll sometimes get out my old Betty Crocker and Good Housekeeping cookbooks just to read for entertainment. Sure, some of the recipes are out of date and not really interesting to contemporary audiences, but those old ... read more
Italian Sausage with Roasted Peppers & Onions
A couple of weeks ago, BeeBop and I headed out on a Saturday afternoon to the north Georgia mountains. We were bound for Brasstown Bald, the highest point in Georgia at an elevation of 4,783 feet. It's a lovely spot far up in the mountains with about 13,000 acres of wilderness area surrounding it. We've been to the top of the observation tower there several times. You can actually see four states ... read more
Baked Spaghetti
If you've been around here for very long, you'll know that I have no problem taking the occasional shortcut in the kitchen. Well, that's even more important on school nights when you need to get in and out of the kitchen in a hurry. Since school has already started in many areas, I wanted to share this recipe for Baked Spaghetti that's both fast to make and very kid-friendly. I take a big ... read more
Home Canned Tomatoes
What do you do when you nature hands you the gift of beautifully ripe summer tomatoes? Why, you get out your canner and jars and go to work. Canning is a simple, but exacting process that is easily mastered. And opening a jar of Home Canned Tomatoes ... read more
Tomato-Zucchini Tian
It's that time of year, folks. Yes, it's zucchini season. Isn't is amazing how one little seed so innocently and hopefully planted in the spring grows into a monster plant covering at least twice as much area as you estimated? And producing more dang ... read more
An Old-Fashioned Treat – Coke Floats
Wow. What a full-of-fun, fast paced two weeks we've had. Our two precious grandchildren are packing up to go home today after two weeks with us. And, wow, did those two weeks fly by! Most of the past two weeks were spent exploring the northern part ... read more
Peach-Blueberry Yogurt Parfait
We're getting ready for vacation around here! We're taking our grandkids on our annual adventure together. We've been doing an annual summer vacation with the two of them for years and years. And this year's trip is going to be one of the biggest. ... read more
Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream
This Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream may be one of the best things about summer. In my book, it ranks right up there with watching fireflies, walking through cool green grass in your bare feet, and sipping a cold beverage while watching the waves crash ... read more
Sweet Greek Flatbread
I have a little treat for you today. Something quick and easy. Something sorta unexpected but interesting and fun. Sweet Greek Flatbread. I've had this idea floating around in my head for a while now and I recently put it to the test. For some ... read more
Zucchini Chips
These Zucchini Chips actually started out with one of those recipes that get passed around on Facebook. You know the ones. Recipes that everybody shares over and over, you have no idea where they came from, they look really good, but you just don't ... read more
