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My good friend and neighbor doesn’t cook, not even something that I would consider as a no brainer. For her birthday this week, in lieu of sweets, she asked me to make her some Greek orzo salad, which I happily did.  She provided me with a possible recipe, which needed a lot of adjustments, so […]

Mushroom gravy over pork chops? Yes, please! My family really likes pork chops, and since they are fast and easy to cook, I make them fairly often.  To prepare this dish, start off by cooking the mushrooms, pork chops, then gravy, in that order.  It’s all cooked in the same skillet at different intervals.  I […]

Salad bar dining is fun year round, but especially in the summertime.  I found these cute little mason jars in Target’s good old Dollar Spot marked down from $3 US to half price, and my mind started envisioning creative ways to use them.  So I filled my cart.  Oh, Target!  You know how that works. […]

My kids and I really like going to Souper! Salad! to enjoy a buffet style salad bar, soups, pizza, pasta, ice cream and more.  Isaac loves it because he can fill his school lunch inspired tray with everything he wants. Hannah likes everything, so any kind of smorgasbord sounds good to her. We went there […]

Cake for breakfast isn’t something I would want all the time, but yesterday I was in the mood for strawberry shortcake.  I had some whipping cream in the refrigerator, but am saving it for making pralines. I wondered how the flower-shaped cupcakes I had just baked would taste in a French toast style, covered with […]

After I posted about my plans for making breakfast burritos for Father’s Day, I decided to rename them since most people in Austin, Texas, where I live call them breakfast tacos.  They’re kind of a big deal here, and the variety and availability are rather impressive. You can easily pick up a breakfast taco at […]

With my Pampered Chef fluted baking stone, the bundt pan, I baked one of the easiest cakes around, called Chocolate 1-2-3 Cake today for my daughter’s birthday party. All you do is add three ingredients to a chocolate cake mix and bake it at 350 F for 45 minutes and add a glaze or ganache […]

Happy Flag Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Election Day or any other American flag themed holiday! These United States Rice Krispy flag treats are a big hit with the kids, big and small.While these babies are a bit time consuming to make considering, there are only three ingredients. Luckily the end results make the efforts […]

The way to my husband’s heart, or at least his stomach, this Father’s Day is going to be with my homemade breakfast burritos, which he loves. A friend from Colorado, Fran, taught me how to make these years ago.  Since I’m such a visual person, I find this style of tutorial to be helpful and […]

Having recently finished the spring 2017 semester at CU Boulder that included a photojournalism course, tonight I took a one-time class at Austin’s Precision Camera on food photography. One of the most helpful tips for the night was to start using a tripod, which I never do.  The person who taught the class is a […]