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Church Cookbook Classics: Gordon’s Poor Man’s Irish Cream

February 28, 2017 By Mary 2 Comments

This is the first of my new Church Cookbook Classics series and with St. Patrick's Day just around … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, Recipe, St. Patrick's Day Tagged With: Church Cookbook, dairy-free, Drinks, FOODIES, Irish, Irish Blessing, Irish Coffee, Irish Cream, St. Patty's Day, Whiskey

Blackberry Balsamic Vinegar Chicken Salad Recipe

February 5, 2017 By Mary 13 Comments

Hot Damn Sam!!!  I lost weight this week and it feels great.  Granted it was only a pound  and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, exercise, Foodies, Fruit, Garden, Health, Midlife, Recipe, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: balsamic vinegar, blackberry, diabetes, easy, Exercise, farm, FOODIES, Fruit, garden, grilled, Health, healthy, herbs, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, lettuce, light, low-cal, Recipe, romaine, rotisserie chicken, salads, skinny, SOUP, spinach, VEGTABLES, weight-loss, Wellness

Week #1 Iowa Food & Family Project and Iowa 10-Week Wellness Challenge

January 30, 2017 By Mary 13 Comments

Last Wednesday I received my emails to let me know we are kicking off  first day of our Iowa Food … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foodies, Garden, Health, Herbs, Recipe, Soup, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: cabbage, carrots, diabetes, Exercise, Health, healthy, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, light, low-cal, skinny, weight-loss, Wellness

Cheats Puff Pastry Recipe from The Great British Baking Show

January 16, 2017 By Mary 14 Comments

The Farm Girl Attempts Cheats Rough Puff Pastry Recipe from The Great British Baking Show and It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizer, Breads, Breakfast, Pastry, Recipe, The Great British Baking Show Tagged With: Cheater Puff Pastry, easy, Puff Pastry, Rough Puff

Mom’s Swedish Meatballs and a Party for 12

December 9, 2016 By Mary 10 Comments

I grew up in the quintessential big farm family.  As the first girl after eight boys, I kind of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizer, Beef, Christmas, Holiday, Home, Main Dish, Recipe Tagged With: anniversary, beef, Christmas dinner, family, family dinner, holiday dinner, home, Meatballs, mom, Scandinavian, siblings, Swedish

Christmas Cookie Exchange — Cookie #1

December 1, 2016 By Mary 2 Comments

Christmas is around the corner and I'm starting to think about our annual cookie exchange.  This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Cookies, Dessert, Holiday, Recipe Tagged With: butter, Christmas cookies, cookie exchange, Cookies, Dessert, pecans, Sweets

It’s Chili Time

November 20, 2016 By Mary 4 Comments

You'd think all chili would taste alike.  All the traditional red chilies have tomatoes, some kind … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beef, Main Dish, Recipe, Soup, Spice Tagged With: award winning, beans, beef, chili, contest, hamburger, Mexican, Recipe, spices, stew, supper, Tex-Mex, tomatoes

Countdown to Thanksgiving–Orange Herb Turkey Brine Mix

November 12, 2016 By Mary 4 Comments

Easy Orange Herb Turkey Brine Mix I grew up thinking that all turkey was dry and needed to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Brine, Eat Local, Herbs, Holiday, Recipe, Spice, Turkey Tagged With: Brine, Eat Local, garden, herbs, Spice Mix, Thanksgiving, Turkey

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