Category Archives: Food (because life is better with treats)

Oven Fried Chicken

Um?  What can I say?  If you’re looking for a recipe calling for butter and white flour, a serve-it-with-mashed-potatoes-and-soak-it-all-in-gravy dinner that’s the epitome of comfort food (and it’s easy to make, too), then this is for you!

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Just, yum!

If you were to stop by my house today, you might think I’ve lost my mind. You’d wonder about this because of the state of my kitchen, which looks like it exploded. It all started with my friend Phyllis and … Continue reading

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Harvest Bisque

for Vicki This is my favorite fall soup recipe; I got it from my sister-in-law Elizabeth years ago. The handwritten card fluttered down from the spice cabinet while I was unpacking, and I took it as a sign that it … Continue reading

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Fresh Rhubarb Cake 2 Ways

Rhubarb is one of those plants that seems to jump for joy with abundance: when you have rhubarb, you have a lot of it (I’m thinking here of zucchini, too, and the old joke about the only time you have … Continue reading

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Cinnamon rolls

So the other day I just happened to mention that I’ve been eating all these fantastic cinnamon rolls, did you think I wouldn’t share?  This recipe is by far my most favorite:  it makes a lot of rolls (a good … Continue reading

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Coconut Cream Pie

I won a pie recipe contest!  Which means I have an award-winning pie recipe!  (Forgive me!  All the exclamation points!  I never win anything!)  Thanks go to killashandra at Fulltime in NM for all the excitement, which now inspires me … Continue reading

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Arugula pesto

Our little grocery store had organic baby arugula specially marked all the way down to 50 cents a package (such a good deal!):  I think because no one knew what to do with it.  But I know what to do!  … Continue reading

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Key Lime Pie

The neighbors up the road, the ones who invited us for coffee, have chickens.  As we left, the wife shared a dozen eggs with me, and when I got home I opened the carton to find the prettiest eggs, with shells … Continue reading

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More soup!

Gypsy Soup 3 T olive oil 2 cups chopped onion 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 cup peeled and diced sweet potato 1 cup peeled and diced squash, such as butternut or acorn or turkish hat 1 can diced tomatoes, with … Continue reading

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It’s a chili day!

Black Bean Chili 3/4 lb. ground beef, ground turkey, or a combination of both 3/4 cup chopped green onion 1 small green or red sweet pepper, chopped 1/3 cup coarsely shredded carrot 1 can whole tomatoes, with juice 1 can … Continue reading

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Lentil Soup

2 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup chopped carrot 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 pound lentils, rinsed 1 can diced tomatoes 2 tablespoons tomato paste 2 quarts chicken or vegetable broth 1/2 teaspoon cumin lemon juice chopped … Continue reading

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Fresh Pumpkin Pie

Pie dough 2 c. pumpkin puree 1 1/2 c. evaporated milk 1/4 c. brown sugar 1/2 c. white sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. ginger 1/4 tsp. nutmeg 1/8 tsp. grated orange peel (zest) 2 eggs, beaten … Continue reading

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I love

strong coffee in the morning dark chocolate orange, gold and red wood stoves apples huckleberry pie sunshine good books laughing fresh bread clean laundry the smell of lavender pillow cases hung in the sun to dry the color of my … Continue reading

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The three best Halloween candies,

according to 8-year-old Carter, are: 1) Tootsie rolls 2) Nerds 3) M&Ms Me: “And what’s the best thing about Halloween?” Carter: “The candy, of course!”

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Orange is:

Turkish Hat squash and Butternut squash and Sweet Potatoes, which aren’t really potatoes at all but are my favorites, The third color on the ring of candy corn below the white and the yellow, The color of Larch needles, The … Continue reading

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