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  • Menu Planning Monday ~ January 2, 2012

    I go back to work on Wednesday.  It will be nice to get some normalcy back in my life, but on the other hand, it’s been nice to relax and not worry about my students for a little while.  They keep me on my toes while I am teaching them.  Things they do and say…

  • Sugar Cookies

    Happy New Year! I haven’t blogged as much as I like during the past year. This needs to be corrected. Right before Christmas, I was browsing Not Rachael Ray’s blog and found this recipe for sugar cookies. I had all the ingredients, so I finished baking those cookies. Oh my goodness, these are easy cookies…

  • 2011 in review

    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,600 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 43 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…

  • Meal Planning ~ Week of December 11

    Monday – Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole made in the crockpot Tuesday – Macaroni and Cheese Soup with Veggies, rolls Wednesday – Pork Chops, some sort of side dish, and veggies Thursday – Eat what you want a night Friday – Ham and Pasta Skillet Dinner, veggie, roll Saturday – Sloppy Joes, chips or fries, raw…

  • Lemon Cookies

    One of my favorite authors/book series is Joanna Fluke’s, Hannah Swenson.  Not only does Hannah bake cookies for a living, but she also solves mysteries.  Joanne Fluke also provides recipes for the readers.  I have found several of my favorite recipes in her books.  This is one of those recipes.  I don’t remember which book…

  • Weekly Menu for week of Dec. 5

    I’ve been bad about noting making a menu which causes me to figure out what we are going to eat late in the game.  I don’t have time for that because I get home from work and then have to automatically start dinner.  If I knew what I was going to make, it would make…

  • Fried Potatoes

    When I was a teenager, I lived with my mom and grandparents.  Even though my grandma was a great cook, she never taught me her recipes.  Oh, I have a few recipes because she gave them to me.  However, she and I never cooked in the same kitchen. One of the side dishes she cook…

  • Thank you!

    Today I was given the honor of being a Friday find from Grandma Loy’s Kitchen.  Thank you so much for featuring me on your blog!  It was a treat to see the picture I had taken in my email this morning.

  • Not Pecan Pie Bars

    A couple of weeks ago, I found a recipe in Grandma Loy’s kitchen that intrigued me. The recipe was for pecan pie bars made with pretzels instead of pecans. I knew I wanted to make them but didn’t know when I would. So on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, at dinner, we were talking about Thanksgiving…

  • Makes it own Crust Apple Pie

    Last week I found this recipe on This Week for Dinner’s website. I thought this was a genius idea because you don’t need to make a separate crust for the pie. I don’t know if I’ve attempted to make homemade crust. Usually, I use the store-bought variety. This pie is easy to put together. Although it called…