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I Was Shocked to Find This Hidden Art Treasure in North Iowa…

January 17, 2019 By Mary 6 Comments

This winter I when was doing a cooking class for a travel blogger group in Charles City, Iowa. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Iowa, Local Travel, Travel Tagged With: Chagall, Famous Art, FOODIES, friends, Iowa Finds, Matisse, Picasso, Wine

Beef Stew

Winter Glamping, Cooking with friends & Beef Stew guest blog.

January 7, 2019 By Mary 6 Comments

Recently I did a cooking class at a Winter Glamping blogger event at the beautiful Red Cedar Lodge … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beef, Eat Local, Foodies, French Cusine, Recipe Tagged With: beef, crockpot, dutch oven, easy, french cuisine, instapot, oven stew, slow cooker, stew, VEGTABLES

Lefse and the Real Importance of Holiday Traditions

December 1, 2018 By Mary 16 Comments

Today, I was reminded why we jump through all of those holiday hoops.  We make dozens of cookies, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breads, Dessert, Ethnic Foods, Holiday, Human Interest, Snack Tagged With: Christmas, family, flat bread, Holiday, Holiday Baking, Holiday Traditions, lefse, Norway, Norwegian, Traditions

1 Week Spring Challenge: If you have it ..eat it!

March 14, 2018 By Mary 4 Comments

Last night when I was searching through the pantry, freezer and fridge trying to figure out what to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Challenge, Recipe Tagged With: eat well, freezer, freezer meals, garden produce, healthy meals, Healthy recipes, Iowa Food and Family Project, prize, save money, win

Hawaiian Sliders

One Rotisserie Chicken, One Afternoon and Four Healthy Recipes

March 5, 2018 By Mary 9 Comments

When I was a young bride, my mother gave me a lesson on how to buy a week's groceries on twenty … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Ethnic Foods, farm, Foodies, Health, Main Dish, Recipe Tagged With: bone broth, broth, burritos, chicken, chicken broth, chicken salad, Enchiladas, Hawaiian, Healthy recipes, homemade, homesteading, quesadillas, rotisserie chicken, Sliders, Sweet Hawaiian Rolls, tacos

Gordon

Musings of My Inner Erma Bombeck: Gordon’s Winter Project

February 17, 2018 By Mary 9 Comments

Like many a dad, my father was handy.  He could fix things.  As a farmer and father of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, farm, homesteading, Human Interest, Humor, Marriage Tagged With: dad, dad stories, DIY, father, fixing things, mom, mom stories, mother

4 leaf clover

Musings of My Inner Erma Bombeck: An Irish Blessing

February 9, 2018 By Mary 14 Comments

“CLEARLY, MARY, WE ARE NOT LUCKY!”, wailed my sister Sue in her best Dirty Harry voice, whipping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, farm, Health, Humor Tagged With: Dogs, Erma Bombeck, family, funny, human interest, iowa, Irish Blessings, Lucky, sad, sisters, Tragic story

Green Bean Casserole

Lighten Up and Skip the Canned Soup: Green Bean Casserole

February 8, 2018 By Mary 12 Comments

When I was in 7th grade we were required to take Home Economics and the first thing we made was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Cookbook, Foodies, Health, homesteading, Recipe, Side Dish Tagged With: 10 Week Wellness Challange, Baby Bella Mushrooms, Béchamel sauce, butter, Casserole, church ladies, family, FOODIES, Green Bean Casserole, Green Beans, healthy, Iowa Food and Family Project, Mushrooms, Recipe, Roux, White Sauce

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