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I Just Need a Cracker….

March 23, 2020 By Mary Leave a Comment

I am fortunate, I have plenty of good food in my fridge, pantry, and freezer.  Living on the farm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Recipe, Social Distancing Tagged With: cheese, crackers, easy, FOODIES, goldfish crackers, healthy, herb crackers, herbs, homesteading, money-saving recipe, Recipe, Rosemary, Rosemary cracker, saltine crackers

Church Cookbook Classics: Newlywed Lemon Chicken

April 26, 2017 By Mary 2 Comments

I love reading church cookbooks -- some of the names for the recipes -- they entertain me!  How … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Church Cookbook, Main Dish Tagged With: chicken, Church Cookbooks, church ladies, crock-pot, herbs, lemon, Newylwed, oven meal, tarragon

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

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

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

Herb butters fresh and real!

July 20, 2016 By Mary 2 Comments

Fresh herbs, real butter...it doesn't get much better.  Julia Child said, " With enough butter, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Condiments, Garden, Herbs, Recipe Tagged With: butter, french, Garlic, herbs, Parsley, Rosemary, Salt, Thyme

Easy Fresh Salsa / Pico De Gallo

July 19, 2016 By Mary 2 Comments

Nothing tastes as wonderful as fresh tomatoes from the garden and if I have some ripe tomatoes I try … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizer, Garden, Recipe, Snack, Vegetable Tagged With: herbs, Mexican, salsa, tomatoes

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