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  • Pear and Ginger Crisp

    This recipe comes from a Cooking Light Cookbook. I made it for a dinner party we hosted one Christmas. Since then Pear and Ginger Crisp has become a Holiday tradition. Filling: 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 cup water 1 1/2 tsp grated lemon peel 2 tbsp lemon juice 1/2 tsp ground ginger 2 1/2…

  • My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

    I love eating chocolate chip cookies just these gourmet cookies delivered for my friend. So I want to share with you two of my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes. The first one produces thick gooey chocolate morsels while the bottom recipe results are thinner and crispy. David Lebovitz: The Great Chocolate Chip Cookie Source: The…

  • Crispy Yogurt Baked Chicken

    Source: Pioneer Woman.com chicken legs, or boneless breasts 2 cup plain yogurt 2-3 garlic cloves, minced Parsley Juice of 1 lemon Kosher salt Some butter Panko (start with about 1 cup, add as needed) Pour 1-2 cups of yogurt into a mixing bowl. Peel and mince a couple of garlic cloves and add them to…

  • Suppli al Telefono: Deep-Fried Rice and Cheese Balls

    Thrift stores are the best places to find books especially cookbooks. This recipe comes from an Italian cookbook put out by time magazine. I also found one for French cuisine and German. Making cheese balls really takes patience. It can be quite messy and somewhat difficult to work with but the end result is something…

  • Freemont Texas Hot Artichoke Dip

    I am trying to remember who gave me this recipe. All I remember is my friend Jonelle and I devoured a whole loaf of french bread eating this stuff. The recipe did call for more mayo but I found it to be too salty and tasted to much like mayonnaise. 1 can marinated artichokes, drained…

  • Lois Jepson’s Happy Hour Cheese Logs

    Whenever there was a long weekend or holiday break we would pack up the car and get out of dodge. Most of our trips were across the state to my Aunt Sandra’s house in the country. Often times my Grandparents would join us there. Happy hour consisted mainly of my Grandmother’s cheese logs, crackers and…

  • Saucy Chicken and Spinach Pasta

    This is a dish I cooked up with some left over turkey and vegetables. For the seasoning I used Emeril’s chicken rub. I love that stuff. I use it on everything. We had ours with spinach raviolis. 2 cups cooked chicken, chopped or shredded 1 tbsp olive oil 1 cup asparagus, chopped 3 cloves garlic…

  • Chicken Enchiladas With Red Sauce

    I learned how to make enchiladas from Dora Osoria in Baybrook Texas. I took the method of making enchiladas from Dora and the Red Enchilada Sauce from Allrecipes. Some comments say the sauce tastes like marinara sauce. But I am not a fan of the stuff at the restaurants anyway. I like more flavor less…

  • Bacon, Apple & Cheddar Breakfast Panini

    One day I received a Williams Sonoma catalog in the mail. I love the recipes included in the catalog as much as I enjoy looking at the great kitchen gadgets. One recipe I pulled out was for a steak and egg panini. The recipe lay dormant in my cookbook cabinet because I did not have…

  • Happy Thanksgiving Kid Style

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    Thanksgiving is over and I feel like a stuffed turkey. I fasted all day so I could enjoy a few extra calories at dinner time and not feel too guilty. My guilty pleasure was my Grandmother’s blue cheese ball. I nearly devoured half of it single-handedly. This Thanksgiving was my first. In the past we…