Category: Life

  • Corn Souffle

    At my niece’s bridal shower the other day, the hostess served this delicious corn souffle. I went online and found what I thought was the recipe, or at least close to it, and made this tonight. I didn’t have Jiffy Corn Mix so used this copycat recipe instead. Then I used this recipe for the…

  • Thanksgiving Tips and Recipes

    Last year I wrote a page of my Thanksgiving tips and recipes, including a couple of different ways to cook turkeys and collected some useful links about turkeys. I shared some of my do-ahead tips and favorite side dish and dessert recipes as well. I need to sit down and plan out this year’s menu…

  • Really Good Panini with Cold Cuts and Provolone

    I read Rachel’s Italian Deli Panini recipe and my mouth was watering.  I don’t really know any good Italian deli’s around here and don’t often buy good cold cuts but I went to our Safeway  and picked up some ham, capocolla and salami, plus a jar of artichoke hearts. I had some provolone cheese at…

  • Home Grown Tomatoes and BLT Sandwiches

    Home Grown Tomatoes and BLT Sandwiches

    Picked the first homegrown tomatoes this evening and had BLTs for dinner. Summer doesn’t get much better than this.  “There’s only two things that money can’t buy and that’s true love and homegrown tomatoes.”

  • JoJo Potatoes

    A while back I made some JoJo potatoes, following bits and pieces from a few Internet recipes. They came out good but I forgot to blog the recipe so it’s gone. ;( However, to my rescue comes The Spice Depot with these cute grinders of various spice mixes. They offered to send me a couple…