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Fresh Tomato Vinaigrette – Spring is coming folks!

Fresh Tomato Vinaigrette – Spring is coming folks!

Days like today are like a lone bird that calls out early in the dark of the morning. If it weren’t for that alarm, night would have permission to continue on indefinitely. The cold, overcast, wet days full of ice, snow and drizzle have persisted in such 

A few weekend favorites:

A few weekend favorites:

Is it over already?? It seems like this weekend was shorter than usual! Oh, it did to you too?? Maybe it was that hour we all lost ((boo))!! We squeezed in a lot even with a shrunken weekend. For starters, 

The Very Best Cookie Recipe ((“Swig” Sugar Cookies))

The Very Best Cookie Recipe ((“Swig” Sugar Cookies))

Last weekend we had my favorite kind of weather! It was so cold and overcast and the biggest juiciest snowflakes fell for hours! I have not seen such a pretty snow all year! With such gorgeous winter weather outside, I was inspired to bake inside. While 

Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup

Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup

Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup can officially go down as one of my favorite meals ever! I have always been partial to this soup on restaurant menus & one of my very favorites has always been Chili’s version of this recipe. Many years ago I found 

Homemade Citrus & Powdered Sugar Coated Mini Janes ((Donuts))

Homemade Citrus & Powdered Sugar Coated Mini Janes ((Donuts))

Kade has been asking for me to make donuts for breakfast for a while. So, with our current snowed in status and no more good excuses, I decided this would be the prefect time to satisfy his cravings. Typically, I “make” donuts by quartering canned

Homemade Oven-Roasted Restaurant Style Salsa ((This is as GOOD as it gets!))

Homemade Oven-Roasted Restaurant Style Salsa ((This is as GOOD as it gets!))

This could totally be one of “those” recipes. You know, one of the recipes that is kept secret — locked up and never shared in it’s entirety?? Good for you – I am bad at keeping a good thing secret! In addition to being the most 

Extraordinary Green on Green Salad

Extraordinary Green on Green Salad

Okay, I hear you: “Green salad…EXTRAORDINARY??? Really??” Yes! I mean it — it is really extraordinary!

Green Chili Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Green Chili Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Oh boy! After a week of meals come Friday night, I am ready to call the pizza delivery man! But I forced myself to pull out one more meal. ((Who am I kidding, there is a meal coming for Saturday too!)) I sure am glad 

How Best to Clean Silver-Plated Flatware ((is this a “Tip of the Week”?!))

How Best to Clean Silver-Plated Flatware ((is this a “Tip of the Week”?!))

Ever since Shep’s appendix rupture, I have seemed to be out of Tip’s of the Week. I don’t know why the two are related, but that is just how it is. I am not planning on bringing back regular installments of “Tip of the Week” 

Speedy Chili-Mac aka Mexican Goulash ((just like Grandma’s))

Speedy Chili-Mac aka Mexican Goulash ((just like Grandma’s))

One of my favorite ways to stretch our grocery budget is to make my own beans. Not canned, not frozen – but dried beans. If you have been following me over the last year, you know all about my love for dried beans! I also 

My Kitchen Floor

My Kitchen Floor

Well, folks — all is right in my little world again. After months of wrestling with some flooring issues in my kitchen, the project has come to an end. And it feels good! 

Bacon & Brown Sugar Coated Oven Roasted Chicken Legs – How to feed the fam tasty food on the cheap!

Bacon & Brown Sugar Coated Oven Roasted Chicken Legs – How to feed the fam tasty food on the cheap!

Yes!! This meal was everything this momma looks for when feeding the herd: Tasty Cheap Easy Pleasing to all