Category Archives: Food/Recipes

Patriotic BabyCakes

K. got a BabyCakes mini cupcake maker for her birthday. (Source) It’s not that she is a big cook – mainly it’s because it’s pink. And she likes sweets. A lot.  And it seemed like a fun way to bake … Continue reading

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Twice-Baked Potatoes (aka Once Grilled & Once Microwaved)

(This is a reprint of a post from my old blog – I happened to need the recipe to make them this week, so I moved it over to my current blog for safekeeping 🙂 ) When my daughter and … Continue reading

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Crazy Pizza

I make pizza pretty often at our place — I really like my homemade version better than any delivery or frozen pizza.  Plus when you make your own, you can control the quality of the ingredients.  Not long ago, hubby … Continue reading

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Good Gracious, Grillades are Great!

When we visited my sister at her farm last Thanksgiving, she offered us grillades (pronounced GREE-yahds) over yellow grits one morning.  I had no idea what grillades was, but it smelled and looked great, so I tried it.  It had … Continue reading

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Shrimp, Anyone?

I have fallen into such a rut in the RV with our meals, so I’ve been trying to cook something new every now and then.  Recently I posted a recipe I developed for Chicken Fettucine Alfredo.  Wanting something similar the … Continue reading

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Chicken Fettucine Alfredo

I was craving something alfredo for dinner last night and set about to find a good recipe.  Not finding exactly what I wanted, I melded together several recipes and added a dash of what I thought would taste good, and … Continue reading

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Tuna Noodle Comfort

We have our usual New Year’s Eve extravaganza planned…a meal at home and staying up to watch the ball fall in Times Square.  Oh, yeah, I bought sparklers for the kids, too.  And alcohol-free Fre champagne.  For us, not the … Continue reading

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Good Food Fixes Everything

We spent 4 hours yesterday in yucky weather looking at houses, mostly foreclosures.  There was not a single one that would work for us. Feeling discouraged, we were in need of some comfort food, so I cooked up a batch … Continue reading

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