The picture in the Dallas Morning News caught my attention. In the Wednesday food section, Alicia Ross shares recipes.  Her column is called Kitchen Scoop – what a cute name.  The pictured muffins were filled with summer fruits – strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries.  As I read the recipe, my mouth was watering, and I knew […]

Number One Son’s sweet precious wife Mikel brought salsa to the July 4th celebration.  I kid you not.  The salsa was the hit of the party.  I actually heard someone say, “the salsa is the best tasting thing here.”  Now that is really saying a lot because all of the food was fantastic. Many people […]

I read a version of this recipe – Mango Cucumber Salad – on Mennonite Girls Can Cook’s blog this week and could not wait to try it.  Mainly I wanted to make it because Ever-Lovin’ likes mangos, and I was trying to impress him on Father’s Day.  He declared this salad “good stuff” – which […]

Do you ever have a hankerin’ to make a certain something?  How do I describe this?  It is not that I am hungry for this certain thing.  (Ever-Lovin’ and I can not and should not eat an entire pan of lemon bars.)   I want to make it or bake it, and share it with somebody. […]

My love affair with potato soup began many, many, many years ago.  Although many, many, many years ago I did not know it was potato soup. Back story:  Aunt Nela was my mother’s sister.  To say that she was a fantastic cook would be an understatement.  Sweet Mother of Pearl!  Could she ever cook, bake, […]

Ever-Lovin’ loves mincemeat. One year friend BB gave Ever-Lovin’ some Walker’s Mincemeat Tarts that  she had gotten at World Market.  Now, every year Ever-Lovin’ makes sure he goes to World Market for his Mincemeat Tarts.  He likes them.  He loves them. We have a friend who does not want to be named, that makes mincemeat […]

We were asked to make and serve hot cider for Hark Sunday.  Sometimes hot cider can taste watered down, and weak.  I wanted a hearty drink. Backstory:  A year or more ago, Kyle’s (my nephew) beautiful wife Ashley served us apple cider laced with caramel syrup.  It was good.  She said it was similar to […]

These are so good, and yes, you can make them.  They are easy and almost impossible to mess up.  I like them.  I love them.  True story – Mrs. Ralph’s husband likes the original version of these cinnamon rolls so much that if anything happens to Mrs. Ralph and Ever-Lovin’ he is proposing marriage to […]

You might need this for your Thanksgiving and Christmas meals, so I had better post it now – ASAP. Recently I came across the term “vintage recipe”.  Love that term – “vintage recipe”.  I think most of my recipes are “vintage”, and worthy of being collected – maybe that is stretching it a bit, but […]

Fall is here, and apples are abundant.   Why not make a Fresh Apple Cake? This Fresh Apple Cake recipe came from my friend Mrs. Ralph- as in Ralph Lauren (She has his style and flair! – And she is also an excellent cook.).  The cake is easy breezy and so delicious.  When Mrs. Ralph […]