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  • Easy Dinner Rolls Recipe

    Easy Dinner Rolls Recipe

    Yesterday afternoon I got a hankering for dinner rolls, fresh, warm yeasty rolls. I wanted an easy dinner rolls recipe so I looked through The Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook and found a recipe for Virginia Light Rolls, which I first made back in 2012 and have made multiple times since then. I’m usually making them…

  • Potato Soup with a Kick

    Potato Soup with a Kick

    I picked up a copy of The Homesick Texan’s Family Table at the library the other day. Just reading the names of the recipes was making me hungry! It’s includes sections for breakfast, starters and snacks, salads and sides, chilis, soups and stews, main dishes, sweets and accompaniments (stuff like salsas and pickles).  Her Buttermilk…

  • Easy Chili Verde Recipe, Cilantro Rice & Pinto Beans

    Easy Chili Verde Recipe, Cilantro Rice & Pinto Beans

    Our Sunday dinner last night was based on the easy chili verde recipe I’d promised to make for my youngest. I also made a skillet upside down cake with fresh cranberries.  All the leftover chili went home with my kids for their lunches. I had the rice and beans with salsa and cheese wrapped up…

  • Meat Loaf with Maple Syrup Topping

    Meat Loaf with Maple Syrup Topping

    This Meat Loaf with Maple Syrup Topping is a favorite meatloaf recipe of ours that got left off when I redesigned the site.  Karissa just emailed me and asked about it so here it is!

  • Leftover Scramble

    Leftover Scramble

    Last night was a solo dinner and I had leftovers to use up.  Eggs are one of my favorite meals for using up bits and pieces of things and last night’s leftover scramble was a great example.  I’d made pizza on New Year’s Eve and had leftover chopped vegetables, including peppers, onions, olives and peperoncini.…