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  • Deviled Ham Recipe

    Deviled Ham Recipe

    I’ve seen those cans of deviled ham in the grocery store but to the best of my memory I’ve never EATEN deviled ham, either storebought or homemade. But I saw the ham in the fridge and wanted to try something new with it and thought of trying deviled ham recipe for some reason. I started…

  • Buttermilk Honey Salad Dressing Recipe

    Buttermilk Honey Salad Dressing Recipe

    My kids like Hamburger Helper. I’ve rarely cooked it for dinner, but when they were younger I would use it on the rare babysitter nights and then later on the rare “on your own” nights once they were old enough to cook safely. I did play around with some hamburger helper-like mixes for a while…

  • Leftover Ham Recipes

    Leftover Ham Recipes

    I cooked a ham last Sunday, even though there were just three of us.  (And cooked is an exaggeration… the one I bought was cooked so I really  just heated it. )  I usually follow this ham recipe because we really like the glaze.   But this one with rosemary and garlic is good, too. We…

  • Roast Chicken Legs, Onions, Potato Wedges and Asparagus

    Roast Chicken Legs, Onions, Potato Wedges and Asparagus

    The weekend was so busy I ended up grocery shopping on my lunch hour today. I was busy moving rocks and building new raised beds and shoveling compost and planting radishes, beets and basil. Dinner last night was a frittata with potatoes, leeks, chives, cheese and eggs. When I went grocery shopping today I checked…

  • Hunger Games Book Club Dinner

    Hunger Games Book Club Dinner

    I meet with a lovely group of women every month or so to talk about books. Sometimes we vote on what to read and sometimes the hostess just picks a book–as I did when I picked The Hunger Games.  I’d actually already read it but really liked it and wanted to share it. The hostess…