Beef Stew
It cooks long and slow so the meat is tender and the flavors blend. 1 can tomato soup3 soup cans water3 T minute tapioca2 lbs. lean beef stew meat5 medium potatoes, diced5 carrots, diced2 onions, coarsely choppedsalt and pepper In…
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Chocolate Cake
Moist, rich, and loaded with frosting. Fabulous!! Cake:1 box Devil’s food cake mix1 4-oz. box instant chocolate pudding mix1 c sour cream½ c water½ c vegetable oil4 eggs Frosting:12 1-oz. Baker’s semi-sweet chocolate squares1 c heavy cream2 c butter, cut…
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Fried Pocket Pies
Basically fried pie! 1 15-oz. pkg. refrigerated pie crust dough1 c fresh fruit (berries or finely chopped peaches or apples)1/3 c sugar2 t cornstarch1 egg, beatenvegetable oil for fryingpowdered or granulated sugar for dusting, optional Unwrap dough and cut ten…
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Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
The meat, sauce, and spices blend together beautifully… and the cheese is like the icing on the cake of spaghetti! 1 T butter1 sweet onion, chopped½ green pepper, chopped fine1 lb. ground sausage or beef, browned1 6-oz. can tomato paste5…
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Raspberry Peach Lemonade
A perfect “goodbye to summer” drink . . . for those early fall days when the weather is still warm, peaches are still in season, and a little piece of you still wants to hang on to summer. So, barbecue…
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Baked Italian Pasta
It’s that time of year . . . warm, hearty meals that are so filling and comforting. And fashion experts have blessed us with sweaters to disguise it all!! Yay fall. 1 lb. ground sausage 1 lb. ground beef 1…
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Fresh Peach Pie
Cold, light, and fresh! 1 9-inch pie shell, baked and cooled*1/2 cup water1 cup sugar3 T cornstarch1 T fresh-squeezed lemon juice¼ c peach juice (peel, pit, and mash 1 peach and strain, reserving juice)1 T butter or margarine4 c fresh…
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Fresh Salsa
Salsa is the answer. To everything! Do you need a snack? Salsa. Do you need a topping for your tacos? Salsa. Do you need to spice up your eggs? Salsa. If anyone asks you a hard question and you don’t…
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Fried Mashed Potatoes
I imagine if I were Betty Crocker, I’d introduce myself as “Betty. Betty Crocker.” She really is the 007 of the food world. She kills it! Here’s another recipe inspired by Betty. Fried mashed potatoes. They’re in the potato family….
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Cherry Limeade
Yeah, I’m adding words to photos now. Not sure why. Maybe because it seems more professional. Or educational. Or decorational. Well now I’m just making up words. Like earlier today…I had an incident with a spider, a fly, and a…
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How to Freeze Peaches
Peaches. Could be a pet name for your sweetie. Or it could be the real thing. Frozen, for you to enjoy any time!! fresh peaches* lemons, juiced sugar Place 3-4 peaches at a time in boiling water for 30 seconds….
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Creamy Italian Pasta Salad
If you love cold pizza, you’ll dig this salad. The flavors blend and complement each other so well. Did I really just use the word “dig”? Heavens. Am I straight out of the ‘70s or what? Flower power. Disco. Peace,…
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Good Morning, Sunshine!
If you’re anything like me, you get up and then roughly a half an hour later, you wake up. And in the meantime, you’re wishing you were back in bed while wildly trying to convince yourself to embrace the day….
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Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies
So, you know when you’re having one of those days? Recently I had a string of those…root canals (yes, plural!!), DMV, sinusitis. And you think it will never get better. And then you have a chocolate marshmallow cookie. And everything…
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Pretzel Dogs
Call it mall food. Fair food. Or amusement park food. Any way you look at it, it represents a good time! 2¼ t yeast 1½ t sugar 4 1/3 c flour 8 beef hot dogs ¾ c baking soda 1…
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Reese’s Sundaes
I wasn’t kidding when I talked about eating food straight from the fridge or the freezer, was I? With the summer heat, I go from slush to ice cream to milkshakes to sundaes to pudding to Jell-O. And occasionally I…
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Slush Punch
With the summer heat, it seems all I do is eat food from the fridge. Or freezer! Thus, the slush. This is one of those fruity refreshing drinks. All together now: ahhh!! 3 c water 1¼ c sugar 1 3-oz….
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Sparkling Fruit Punch
I had a business law professor in college who would come in every day in her suit and high heels, carrying a briefcase and a diet Coke. One day a student asked her why she always had a diet Coke….
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Be In Sync
This is not a plea for you to be “In Sync,” the music group, although they did have some rockin’ moves in their day. “Baby Bye Bye Bye” . . . oh yeah!! But no, let’s focus here . ….
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“Faux” Omelets
It has all the ingredients of an omelet but so much easier. Not as pretty. “Faux” never is. But easy!! And fast. Heat your mini pan* while you mix all your omelet ingredients, including cheese, in one bowl. Cook. Flip….
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Tropical Fruit Slush
Is it an appetizer? A salad? A dessert? Yes! This slush will accommodate your every need. And it is made ahead of time so whenever the party starts or if guests drop by, you are prepared. Just a warning: I’m…
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Strawberry Soup
Typically, cold soup doesn’t sound very appetizing. Probably because it means the temperature of our hot soup has dropped to the unappealing stage of “lukewarm”. Eww. But . . . what if our soup is supposed to be cold? Hmm. Interesting….
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Lemon Chicken
You had me at “cube of butter”. Seriously, I read “place one cube of butter in crock pot” and I knew we were meant for each other. This chicken is flavorful. It is moist. It is tender. AND it is…
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