Key Lime Tarts
This is a fresh and cool summer treat. I’ts a simple basic key lime pie recipe in miniature size, and these petite little ladies are sweet, tart,...
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Chocolate Key Lime Tarts
You know how sometimes you have a great idea, but the reality of it just doesn’t live up to your imagination? That happens to me...
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Skillet Chicken Cordon Bleu
Chicken Cordon Bleu is delicious! In fact, it’s one of my family’s favorite meals, but let’s be real. It’s a lot of work! This recipe...
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Chewy Chunky Monster Cookie Bars
These crunchy, chewy, nutty, caramel-y, chocolate-y bars are a fun treat. They appeal to the sweet tooth in kids of all ages. The recipe calls for nuts,...
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Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Spencer and I recently visited Manhattan. One of the best things about New York is the amazing food. You can find anything (and everything) there, and...
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Chinese Chopped Chicken Salad
It’s summer, and it’s HOT outside! This is the time of year when it’s really hard for me to get motivated to cook, and a...
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Fresh Strawberry Hand Pies
I always make these little pies for Christmas, using homemade jams. But in the summer, you can make them with fresh fruit. They come out...
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Sparkling Fresh Strawberry Pie
Today strawberries are on sale at the grocery store, and I know just what to do. Sarah is here with me, and we’re going to...
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Taco Rice Skillet
A few weeks ago, we were visiting our daughter, Sarah, and she gave me the idea for a taco/rice skillet dinner. Then, my husband was...
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Chewy Lemon Cookies
Today, my daughter, Sarah, and I made these tangy, sweet, chewy, buttery cookies. They taste like sunshine and summer, and I really like them. Plus...
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Crockpot Mississippi Roast
This Crockpot Mississippi Roast recipe is the darling of the internet. It’s been pinned, posted, copied and shared more than any other, … or so...
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Rainbow Pasta Salad
I’m in awe of the colors that are found in nature. Fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, etc are the most varied and gorgeous colors. My eyes...
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Cooking Broccoli (How to Keep Cooked Broccoli Bright Green)
I really like broccoli, in fact, as a child, it was my FAVORITE vegetable. My son-in-law, Michael, calls it “nature’s candy.” So, you’d think that...
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How to Cook Cauliflower
I feel the same way about cooked cauliflower as I do about cooked broccoli …. I love to eat it, but don’t do so nearly...
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Apricot Leather
I love dried fruit and fruit leather. They have the flavor of fresh fruit, bumped up a notch, making them richer, sweeter, and more intense. I especially...
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Cookie Dough Bar
When I was a kid, I ate chocolate chip cookie dough all the time. It’s that delicious salty sweet flavor that I love. As an...
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Ryan’s Penne and Chicken in Tomato Cream Sauce
Our son-in-law, Ryan, cooked this for us the other day, and it’s delicious! Our daughter found the recipe at kevinandamanda.com. Which, it turns out, got it from...
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Apricot Crumble
This is a petty and tasty way to use fresh fruit. Be sure that your apricots are ripe. Adding less-than-ripe ones will make your crumble turn...
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Ranch Chicken
This is a new addition to our family favorites. It’s easy to make, and the chicken comes out moist, tender, and delicious. We ate it...
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Apricot Nectar or Slush
My apricot tree is going crazy, this year! It’s producing it’s little heart out, and we’re enjoying the fruits of its labors (literally). I’ve been...
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Slow Cooker Baked Ziti
This is the kind of recipe where you do a little work ahead of time, and it’s ready to go when you want to eat....
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Chewy Rocky Road Cookies
If you don’t love marshmallows and chocolate, then this probably isn’t the recipe for you. These cookies are BIG on both. BUT … If you like...
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Beef Stroganoff
When I was a kid, this was one of our family’s favorite “fancy” meals. My dad raised some cattle, and we had lots of roast and...
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Sweet and Chewy Chex Mix
One of our neighbors (Linda Eliason) brings this yummy sweet and chewy chex mix to our house every Christmas. We look forward to it. However, sometimes...
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Baked Pork Chops in Barbecue Sauce
I like pork chops, and I like quick and easy dinners. This recipe gives me both of those things. These chops are ready to go...
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Poppy Seed Cake
Prior to tasting this cake, I wasn’t a fan of poppy seed flavor anything. I guess I’d never tried a good one, before. This recipe changed all...
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Quick and Creamy Homemade Alfredo Sauce
Several weeks ago, my sister, Rachael called and suggested that I post my Alfredo recipe. What a great idea! … Then life happened … and...
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Soft “Oreo” Cookies
We’ve been making these soft, delicious cookies for years. I think my mom got the recipe from her sister, Marlene, when I was a kid. (A...
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Oven-Fried Chicken
This chicken was a regular dinner item while my children were growing up. It’s easy to make, I always have the ingredients on hand, it’s...
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Sweet Bran Muffins
These muffins make me feel happy, loved, and warm. My mother used to make them for breakfast, when I was growing up. On cold winter...
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Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love fresh, warm, chocolate chip cookies. But let’s be real, I also love them when they’re a few days old. I guess it’s more...
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Donut Muffins
These delicious little treats are the perfect combination of a donut and a muffin ~ as the name clearly indicates. They’re quick and easy to...
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Patisserie French Toast
This recipe was invented because I had about a dozen leftover (stale) croissants, and I didn’t want to throw them away. … What would a French...
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Pulled Pork (How to Cook Pork Roast for Sandwiches, Tacos, Etc.)
I’ve seen dozens of recipes for preparing pulled pork in a slow cooker with a sauce. That’s definitely the simplest way to go, but I...
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Mint Brownies
These particular mint brownies are about the best things in the world! I’m not even exaggerating!I’ve always loved the combination of chocolate and mint. I think they’re...
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Soft Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
These peanut butter sandwich cookies are soft, chewy, and oh so satisfying. They stay soft and fresh for a week, so they’re a good treat to...
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Quick and Easy Chicken Salad
I’ve made this simple chicken salad so many times! People request that I bring it to parties and showers. It’s quick, easy, and delicious....
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White Bread
I think that homemade bread has magical powers! Baking it makes me feel like a superhero; like, somehow I’m a better person than I was before. The...
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Rolo Rice Krispie Treats
Every once in a while, an idea starts to take shape in my head, and it won’t let up. That’s what happened recently. This idea...
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