Recipe Blog Posts

Greens and Sausage Cream Soup, Olive Garden Knock-off
A Texas cold front blows in. The temperatures drop up to 40 degrees in one day. The local grocery stores run out of chili fixings. What’s a girl to do?

Green Beans and New Potatoes
Green beans and new potatoes are much preferred than the standard green bean casserole in our family. I think it’s because we don’t care for the canned soups.

Sweet Potato Soufflé
I don’t know about you, but for me, Thanksgiving dinner is all about the “sides.” For the next few weeks, I will be posting my family’s favorite sides.

Texas Sheet Cake
It’s football season in Texas and madness reigns from the Junior High level on through the pros. However, college rivalries reign supreme and tailgating becomes a competitive sport as well!

Fruit Pizza
Another oldie but goodie recipe is Fruit Pizza. Enjoy the fruits of a late summer season like berries of all sorts, fresh figs, and grapes in a picturesque dessert that is also quick and easy.

Emergency Baking Substitutions
I usually bake on impulse when I’m hankering for “sampan sampan,” or I’m down and need cheering up. Instead of a scented candle changing my mood, the aromas of baking definitely do the trick!

Seventies Seven Layer Salad
Some recipes are worth resurrecting and making on repeat!

Lemon Zest Cookies
When I think of summer, I gravitate towards tart, lemony flavors. whether in savory or sweet dishes.

No Bake Lemon Divine
This no-bake layered dessert is just right for a long, hot, summer evening.

Vegetable Quiche
What’s for dinner on a hot summer day, it’s the end of the week, and the fridge is almost empty?