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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

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

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

Rhubarb Crunch

Spring Means Rhubarb Season

April 16, 2016 By Mary Leave a Comment

It is spring in Iowa and nothing green will be appearing for several weeks, even so, I am already … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipe, Snack Tagged With: Fruit, Recipe

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