Homemade Dog Treats

This is Sadie. Our 4 legged pet kid. She’s extremely spoiled!  I have been making her dog biscuits (and dog food for that matter, another post, another day) for quite sometime. We have noticed quite a difference in her energy levels.  Here are some good tips for those that want to make your own pets [...]

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My Grand daughter’s First Cake

My Grand daughters have been helping in my kitchen for quite some time now and regularly pick things they want to make. For Easter, the youngest of my grand daughters (Anna – Age 7) received a cupcake making kit complete with a cook book. And the oldest one, received a cookbook (Kid’s First Cookbook”), that [...]

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Sopping Sauce for Grilling

Grilling season is upon us, and it feels soooo good!!  Although we grill all year long, about this time of the year our grilling escalates!  I want to share with you a REALLY good mopping sauce that I use all the time. It enhances the taste of your grilled food, making whatever your serving even [...]

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Chicken Scampi

For years, whenever one of my kids or relatives asked me where I wanted to go for my birthday, I always said: The Olive Garden”.  I love their food! Recently I came across a make alike recipe for their Chicken Scampi and decided to give it a try. I was not disappointed.  Pair it with [...]

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Nappa Chicken Salad

This dish is one of our favorite meals. You do need to plan a little ahead though, as the chicken needs to marinade. However, I promise this salad is worth it. I do not know the origin of this recipe, but I have been making it for years. Other than the marinading time, this salad [...]

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Roast Chicken the Thomas Keller Way!

This is my absolutely Favorite way to roast a chicken. I found this on Epicurious. The Recipe by Thomas Keller from his book: Bouchon. It is so simple, so easy, and the juiciest chicken ever!!    So good we served it for Easter Dinner! We always do ours on the grill. This never disappoints. I follow  [...]

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Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  I hope you have a nice Easter and get to spend it with your family!

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I Moved!!

A big hello to everyone!  I recently moved my blog over from Blogspot to WordPress and I’m loving it!!  Word press seems to have a lot more perks that I really like.  I have decided to start over here. You will find a few posts here that was at my original blog, but I wanted [...]

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Pizza Buns – King Arthur’s Way

Mr. Fire’s (Mark) Favorite dish is pizza! Anyway, Anyday, and he NEVER gets tired of it!  Over on King Arthur’s Site, in the Baking Banter’s Blog, they have a recipe for Pizza Buns. These are a really neat way of making pizza, as you roll out the dough into a rectangle, sprinkle with cheese, coat [...]

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Glazed Pork Chops & Dill Fried Potatoes

I Love Pork Chops.  My Grand kids like pork chops, the oldest one especially.  This is quick and easy and dinner was on the table in no time. This is very good. The potatoes are Dill fried Potatoes. Dinner was on the table in less than 30 minutes. I served a salad on the side [...]

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