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Pancakes For Breakfast!

Pancakes For Breakfast!

  Weekends almost demand a fun breakfast for at least one of the days.  This is the meal we are most dedicated to with our diets, often waking to egg muffins, yogurt and fruit or steel-cut oatmeal.  It’s also the meal that is sometimes  the 

Friday Happy Hour

Friday Happy Hour

  Sure. . . . . when you’ve been at the office all day and then head for a cold one it’s Happy Hour.  When you’re at home all day and decide to chill with a glass of wine, it’s just the Crazy Lady hitting 

Corn Mini-Muffins

Corn Mini-Muffins

These are delicious.  Just the right amount of sweet from the honey and they actually have corn in them!  Make them to go with your dinner, your barbecue, your salad or just to snack on.  I like the mini-muffin size because I’m pretty sure they 

Egg Muffins

Egg Muffins

It’s a beautiful day in Paradise.  I really enjoy having my first cup of coffee on my back porch. What I don’t love is having to cook in the morning when I’m half awake and really just want to sit and drink my coffee.  And I 

Easy Delicious Barbecue Pork

Easy Delicious Barbecue Pork

This easy Barbecue Pork is my go-to easy-delicious-everyone-loves-it recipe for the weekend. The tasty pork can be used as an entrée and in sandwiches, tacos or nachos. And it’s EASY! I’ve cooked barbecue pork from pork tenderloin and I’ve also used pork roast (shoulder or butt).  

The Best Chicken Salad Ever

The Best Chicken Salad Ever

This chicken salad is perfect to enjoy for a lunch at home or work and delicious enough to serve at a luncheon or shower. I’ve made this for parties, baby showers, wedding showers – all sorts of events and it’s always a hit. It’s one 

Crunchy Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

Crunchy Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

I like being in the kitchen.  It’s calming to me.  When I was growing up, baking was almost like a reward that we were able to do once we had completed our Saturday cleaning and chores.  It was always fun and those are wonderful memories for me. Tonight 

If you’re making banana bread . . . use this recipe!

If you’re making banana bread . . . use this recipe!

Last night I met two of my sons and my oldest son’s girlfriend for dinner at a lovely downtown St. Pete restaurant.  We had a delicious meal under the stars on a beautiful night!  The only way it could have gotten any better would be 

Frosted Rolled Sugar Cookies – Easter

Frosted Rolled Sugar Cookies – Easter

I love, love, love frosted sugar cookies.  Anyone who has been around me knows that I love to make them, I love to give them to friends & family and I love to eat them!  My grandmother gave me a baking set when I was