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Winter Blahs? 6 Ideas To Get Your Spring Mojo…

January 9, 2018 By Mary 11 Comments

The end of winter can really bring me down...the snow is often dirty and the days grey, this year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizer, Ethnic Foods, Humor, Party, Recipe, Wellness, Winter Party Tagged With: crafts, DIY, family, farm, FOODIES, friends, Fruit, healthy, home, iowa, light, Luau, Mental Health, party, Paul Hollywood, pineapple, salads, Tiki Party, winter blaas

Tequila Lime Grilled Chicken for a Dinner for Two

August 8, 2017 By Mary 3 Comments

Last night my husband wanted Mexican for supper, but I was getting tired of the same old beef tacos … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ethnic Foods, Foodies, Main Dish, Recipe, Wellness Tagged With: chicken, Chipolte, dinner for two, easy, FOODIES, Grilled Chicken, Healthy recipes, Lime, Mexican, Mexican Cuisine, Recipe, Taco Salad, Tequilia, Wellness

Summer Strawberry Ice Cream Perfection

August 2, 2017 By Mary 3 Comments

Last year for Father's Day I gave my husband a Cuisinart ice cream machine.  Well, I might have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dairy, Dessert, Iowa, Recipe Tagged With: Dessert, easy, farm, FOODIES, Fruit, ice cream, Recipe, Strawberries, summer foods

Finding Julia Child in Paris….and crepes on every street corner!

July 5, 2017 By Mary 8 Comments

Julia Child is my food heroine.  We have so much in common -- we are both a little awkward, late … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Paris, Recipe, Travel Tagged With: bucket list, Chefs, Cookbooks, copper pots, Crepes, Farmers Markets, Fleamarkets, Food Markets, FOODIES, France, Julia Child, Kitchenware, Paris, Paul Hollywood, Recipe, seafood, street food, The Great British Bake Off

Awkward 4th of July Memories and Homemade Potato Salad

June 27, 2017 By Mary 15 Comments

Almost every American family has its favorite memories of the 4th of July.  Maybe it's fireworks in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Holiday, Home, Recipe, Salad Tagged With: 4th of July, American Cuisine, church ladies, Classic Potato Salad, eggs, farm, FOODIES, iowa, Picnic, Potato Salad, Potatoes, Recipe, Summer Salad

Church Cookbook Classics: Mary’s Swiss Steak

March 13, 2017 By Mary 4 Comments

It is a snowy Sunday afternoon in mid-March, my husband is asleep on the couch pretending to watch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beef, Church Cookbook, farm, Recipe Tagged With: crock-pot, easy, family, farm, FOODIES, oven meal, Recipe, round steak, steak, swiss steak, tomatoes, veggies

Church Cookbook Classics: Oyster Snack Crackers

March 4, 2017 By Mary 6 Comments

The other day, my adult daughter called to ask me if I had the recipe grandpa used to may those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizer, Church Cookbook, Recipe, Snack Tagged With: Church Cookbooks, church ladies, crackers, dill, easy, FOODIES, football snacks, Garlic, herbs, party snacks, Recipe

Happy Baking Accidents…Blueberry Coffee Cake Kind of Thing…

February 28, 2017 By Mary 8 Comments

Or Things That Turned Out Better Than Expected... It was 16 below this morning and after reading a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breads, Breakfast, Humor, Recipe Tagged With: Blueberries, Breakfast, butter, coffee cake, Dessert, FOODIES, Sweets

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