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Cooking with Pioneer Woman

October 12, 2007

If you haven’t been to visit Pioneer Woman, you must do so! I discovered her blog a few months ago & have not been able to tear myself away. She’s a city girl who married a cowboy over 10 years ago and they have 4 children. They live on a working cattle ranch somewhere out [...]

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Pepper Place Market, Cooking Demo

September 16, 2007

I originally told you all about Pepper Place market a few months ago, when I visited there with my friend, Judy, who came over to visit from Atlanta. It’s a really neat farmer’s market here in Birmingham & they are open in the summer months, through October. This time of the year is perfect to [...]

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Pecan Pie Mini Muffins

August 30, 2007

Y’all are gonna love this one, I promise! We had an absolutely wonderful breakfast a few weeks ago at work. One of the guy’s mother is a great cook & wanted to bring us all breakfast! How could we refuse that sweet deal? One of the things she brought was these little muffins. I didn’t [...]

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A Southern Living Lunch with the girls….

July 16, 2007

Do you have some fun girlfriends that you really enjoy getting together with? I’ve managed to meet some really nice ladies since I’ve moved here who all live in the same neighborhood (Tricia, Maureen, Renee & Sandy) & they’ve allowed me to be part of their “empty nest” group (so dubbed by us!) & we [...]

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Happy 4th of July!

July 3, 2007

Brownies that I’m taking to a get-together this evening. This is a from-scratch recipe that is always a treat. Made with cocoa powder, I almost always have the ingredients on hand for a pan of these delectable brownies. Brownies:1/4 cup plain flour1/2 tsp. baking powder1/2 tsp. salt4 tbsp. cocoa1 cup sugar2 eggs1 tsp. vanilla1/3 cup [...]

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A little blackberry crisp for dessert…

June 18, 2007

I found a recipe on Food Network for Blackberry Crisp & cooked it up on Sunday. I’ll share it in case you want to try it: Fresh Blackberry Crisp 4 cups fresh blackberries 1/2 cup sugar Juice of 1 lemon 2 TBL. flour, plus 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 stick butter Preheat [...]

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Baked Red Snapper & Blackberry Cobbler

June 13, 2007

Remember all that fish we brought home from the beach? Well, I thawed some of the red snapper out last night & we had the most delicious dinner ever. My hubby was born in New Orleans & loves Creole cooking, so he suggested I make the fish in that style: drizzled with a little olive [...]

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Home Grown Tomatoes & Red Sauce

June 6, 2007

Nettuno, Italy where I spent some time in the early 90′s. It’s an hour from Rome. Many years ago (early 90′s), I had the pleasure of spending some time in Italy (sort of long story that I won’t go into now). And, I got to eat with the locals & learn a little bit about [...]

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Dessert with the Neighbors

April 30, 2007

The invitation said, “Come & Meet Your Neighbors”. Our goal was to get several of our neighbors together to at least meet & get familiar with others who live nearby on our street. I can’t say it was a smashing success, since we invited 16 familes & 4 came out. Only one called to say [...]

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Breakfast Treat…Baked French Toast

April 20, 2007

It seems that there are a lot of opportunities to cook things for church events…and this week was one of them. We had a special ladies breakfast yesterday, so I volunteered to make Baked French Toast, which is so easy and so delicious. It’s almost easier than regular French Toast & this serves a lot [...]

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Comfort Food…Chicken Lasagna

April 13, 2007

You know that left-over chicken that you sometimes have & need something to do with it? Well, in my case it was turkey. I made a yummy turkey breast in the crock pot this week & we ate on it for 2 meals. Had some left over & came across this recipe in my April [...]

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A Fresh Coat of Paint

March 28, 2007

BEFORE: For over a year, I’ve been meaning to give the front door a fresh coat of black paint…and I finally got around to it this weekend. The color was faded to a dark charcoal gray & the brass handset was weathered & faded too. So, I got out a can of black paint (oil-based, [...]

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Petals from the Past…..

March 23, 2007

Is it just me, or does something come over you this time of year & just gives you the urge to dig in the dirt?? And when you get out & see all those blooms & blossoms in the nurseries, it really kicks into gear…I want them all! I visited a delightful nursery here in [...]

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