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• New Orleans Barbeque Shrimp
  on Mar 30, 2014 in main dishes shrimp
  This is a delicious and easy recipe which features sautéed shrimp in a Worchestershire-spiked butter sauce. It is done in a skillet with no grill involvement, and is perfect for a meal to whip up after work. I made several adjustments to the origina...
• Cornbread Muffins
  on Nov 21, 2013
  My mom and I created this cornbread recipe about 25 years ago. It is a key ingredient to the dressing recipe that my mom and I also created. I will post that recipe in plenty of time for Thanksgiving.Cornbread1 cup self-rising cornmeal (not cornmeal...
• Icy Chocolate Cups
  on Feb 1, 2013 in chocolate
  This is a Nestle recipe that I have had for many years. The chocolate mixture in the original recipe is poured into 12 foil muffin cups, but I found these cute miniature trifle bowls at Walmart that I wanted to try. They turned out nicely, but these...
• Open Up a Can of Worms
  on Jan 29, 2013
  (Note: I am reposting this from a couple of years ago for a fun Valentine idea.) Not real worms, of course.I like to send Amby and Nathan a box of Valentine surprises every year. For one of the surprises, I decided to make the pop top cans I posted a...
• Mediterranean Style Grilled Chicken and Spinach Pizza
  on Jan 28, 2013 in pizza
  I finally bought myself a grill pan (which I had wanted for years), and I used it to cook the chicken in this recipe. I found it at T. J. Maxx for only $16. I had seen grill pans used often on Food TV, and grilling on them always looked fun and easy.
• Felt Fortune Cookies
  on Jan 28, 2013 in crafts
  This is a Martha Stewart project. The link to it can be found here. I didn't do it exactly as she suggested. I actually got ideas from a couple of her commenters.Materials Needed:feltpipe cleaners or wirehot gluecandiesfortunesFirst of all, I thought...
• Julia Child Brownies, Squared
  on Jan 26, 2013 in chocolate
  My favorite brownie recipe is by Julia Child from her cookbook, Baking with Julia. They are moist, chewy, and full of intense chocolate flavor. I posted the recipe a while back and it is here. The reason I posted it again is because I tried them in a...
• Shrimp Cocktail Salad with Horseradish Dressing
  on Jan 16, 2013 in salad shrimp
  This is my adaptation of a recipe I found in Good Housekeeping, the August 2010 issue. My main alterations were in the dressing ingredients, and I actually don't have exact amounts I ended up using. I toyed with it a lot. It turned out to be so delic...
• Pies Baked in a Jar
  on Dec 19, 2012 in pies baked in jar
  I found this very cute idea on Not Martha. It is a great blog and it has a very thorough tutorial on this. You will need All Ready pie crust, pie filling, and small Ball jars. One package of crust and one can of pie filling made 6 pies.These short, w...
• Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup: The Ultimate Comfort Food
  on Dec 18, 2012 in comfort food soup
  Who doesn't love chicken noodle soup? Especially on a frigid December night like tonight. Gil has a cold and really has felt bad for the past couple of days. I decided to make chicken noodle soup to help him feel better faster. I served it with Roast...

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