This is a fun and EASY recipe. I made it today with my five-year-old. It makes about six servings. I like to experiment with seasonings and when I tried it with a dash of cumin, it went over great at an office party.
6 bacon slices
1 chopped onion
1/2 cup catsup
3 Tablespoons brown sugar
1 Tablespoon cider […]

This is an old Betty Crocker recipe my mom used to make a lot during the 70s and 80s for a quick treat at breakfast. I have not had it in years and pulled out the recipe recently to make for my daughter when she gets back from her summer visit with her dad.
1/3 cup […]

This bread is fast and easy. It works well as a quick gift or as an addition to a goodie basket. For me, it is something to satifies a huge craving for sugar and carbs, so I don’t make it all that often for myself. Nonetheless, I’m making some tomorrow and since I pulled out […]

I have a list that is pages long of great ingredient substitutions, but I am just going to post the ones I use most often. This comes in quite handy in situations where you are out of something like buttermilk or catsup for a recipe.
Butter (1 cup)
* 7/8 to 1 cup hydrogenated fat plus ½ […]

I have a few food items I just cannot seem to give up, no matter how much I try to flat talk myself out of splurging. I love love love the two or three times a month my daughter and I make home made pizza. I always top mine with fresh oregano and fresh basil […]

This is my ultimate comfort food. I requested my mom make them for me on my last birthday. She made them again this past Sunday, out of the blue and much to my delight.
My Great Grandmother would buy a “stewing hen” (an old laying hen too tough for anything but long cooking). She salted […]

Guess what we did today? We went out to Dover, FL and picked strawberries. Right now they cost $1 for 2 quarts, so we picked 6 quarts. The next time I go back and will plan ahead and have more room in the freezer so I can get enough to make freezer jam.
After the berries, […]

I cannot stomach most of the TV shows available these days. I watch an awful lot of Discovery Channel and National Geographic. I don’t want to be fed a steady diet of reality TV about stars learning how to dance or washed celebrities in drug treatment. Why? Because I have more important things on my […]

There are certain things that each family feels traditional to their holiday celebrations and a lot of them involve traditional dishes served at family meals. One of the most popular desserts served at Easter dinners in the United States is the lemon pie. Of course, the most traditional style would be a lemon meringue pie, […]

Last night I was looking around in the freezer and saw that I had some chicken tenders and some locally made Italian sausage. All of the sudden I got a brainstorm and I ended up making one of the best meals we have had in a while. I put all of the following on a […]