I absolutely love this coffee cake. A beautiful moist cake with chocolate, golden raisins and nuts. No wonder they call it a gold mine with all that yummy goodness to be found inside. Goldmine Coffee Cake 1/2 cup shortening 3/4 …
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Spinach Fettuccine with Creamy Leeks and Bacon
This meal is from the April 24th CSA box. I tweaked the recipe of course by adding some bacon to give it a little more flavor. Leeks are pretty mild and the bacon really kicked it up a notch. I …
White Bean and Swiss Chard Pot Pie
This is another recipe from the CSA box last week. I will definitely be making this one again. I had to try and halve the recipe seeing I have an empty house now and am only cooking for one. It …
Pulled from Pinterest – Italian Beef Sandwiches
I thought it was about time I pulled another one of the multitude of recipes I have pinned and give it a whirl. This time I chose Italian Beef Roast Sandwiches. I have to admit that I’ve seen this recipe …
Marble Brownies with Mint Chocolate Chips and Baileys
These are seriously decadent! The few weeks before St. Patrick’s Day our local grocery store started carrying Hershey’s Mint Chocolate Chips. I don’t know if it’s the same elsewhere around the country but it’s about the only time you can …
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Cinnamon Rolls
Mmmm, there’s nothing better than the smell of fresh bread baking and if it’s cinnamon rolls, even better! These are my favorite cinnamon rolls to make. They really are worth the time and effort to make from scratch. Big, soft, …
Cheesy Chicken Tortellini Bake
If you haven’t noticed I tend to post more simple, comfort food type of recipes than exotic dishes with exotic ingredients and names. Not that I don’t enjoy experimenting and making those types of dishes, but I’m not rich and …
Cookbook Challenge – Mushroom Swiss Chicken Breasts (aka Chicken Fast & Fancy)
It’s a new year and time to work on that cookbook challenge of mine. The first cookbook I grabbed is called America’s Best Recipes – A 2000 Hometown Collection. This collection of recipes is taken from community cookbooks from around …
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Pancakes
I’m going to admit it, I’m a pancake snob. I will not, actually, can not eat any pancakes other than my own. Not even in a restaurant. It’s not because mine are super awesome and the best in the world. …
White Mac ‘n Cheese with Bacon and Kale
This mac and cheese recipe is slightly different from my previous Gourmet Mac ‘n Cheese. I wanted to use up some of the white cheeses that I had stacking up from my CSA boxes and the fusilli pasta and kale …
Texas Hashbrowns
This has to be one of our favorite potato dishes and has been in the family for years. I like serving this with meatloaf because I don’t need gravy. It’s actually pretty good with anything, pork, poultry, or beef. Not …
Shepherd’s Pie from Thanksgiving Leftovers
Ok, now that I am totally turkey sandwiched out it’s time to find a few other uses for my leftovers. I decided to try making a Shepherd’s Pie using those leftovers. I honestly wasn’t sure how it was going to …
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
This is one of our favorite weekend breakfast meals. I never used to enjoy biscuits and gravy, it was too bland or something. But I finally figured out how to make the best biscuits and sausage gravy around. The secret …
Pork Chops with Apples and Brussels Sprouts with Bacon
What to do with the Brussels sprouts from my CSA box? The recipe that was provided was for a slaw but I didn’t like the sound of that too much and was pretty sure my non sprout eating son wouldn’t …
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Cheeseburger Soup
Can you tell the chilly weather is upon us? I am always excited to see fall roll around because that means it’s soup time! I know we could have soup during spring and summer too, but there’s just something about …
A Little of This and a Little of That 