A Collection of Holiday Recipes, Treats. Comfort food…recipes handed down from family and friends. .
Today is Father’s Day and I am sure everyone around the country are celebrating with or without their fathers. It is difficult when one’s father has passed on and it was (and is) always difficult for my children, who idolized their dad. They spent many happy years with their father, and those memories will always…
New Mexico Ham and Swiss bundles…Say What? I hear ya friends…Ham and Swiss bundles with broccoli were first introduced to me at a stoneware party (Pampered Chef) many years ago … ….AND, they did NOT resemble anything Mexican. But they were good. Well, it could have been that I was starving and tired of looking…
Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? You know, the dishes are done and the kitchen all cleaned after supper and you are just minding your own business…. Propped up in bed with your feet higher up on pillows….thumbing through an old issue of Southern Living magazine and you see a picture of…
Sing with me…… Daisy, Daisy, give me you answer true. I’m half-crazy all for the love of you. It won’t be a stylish marriage, I can’t afford a carriage; But you’ll look sweet Upon the seat Of a bicycle built for two. I love daisies!!!! And these daisies consist of only 4 ingredients. How easy…
Happy Monday my dear readers, It is such a beautiful day here in SW Florida, And the week-end was perfect for cleaning up and planting gardens. The Captain and I worked in the Secret Garden as well as the front garden, stopping only to go to church on Sunday and to treat ourselves to a…
Do you hear it? Listen! Yep! It is the native Bird of Paradise plant outside my bedroom window, literally growing taller and taller as each spike of white blossoms emerge at abstract angles from the cocoon like pods. Our SW Florida plants grow fast. As do the usual weeds and such if one does not…
Folks, the color pink still dominates my thoughts these days…so you will see it infiltrated in various parts of this post. I also wanted to share a few other things that some refer to as “digging it” or “drooling over” I’m calling it “what I Fancy”! So, without further ado…. What I Fancy these days….other…
Fiesta Time! Cinco de Mayo! Ole! Can you believe that May 5 will soon be here before you know it? We have the Kentucky Derby on May 4th and then right into another entertaining day and tablescape. I love Mexican food. Yes, I am getting a head start on Cinco de Mayo. I posted…
As we wind down this past Easter Holiday and move towards Spring and Summer Holidays…I hope you are able to take a breather. Replacing a few windows and adding a French Door has gotten me in the mood to make a few other changes in my efforts of preparing for Spring. Like updating a couple…
When I tell you I had lots of Ham this week….I am not kidding. So what do you do with left-over Ham? Make Ham Salad of course. First I have a confession to make. This is not the Ham Salad I grew up with. My mother, grandmothers…etc and myself, almost always made our Ham…
Hello dear readers…this past week has been a busy one. The Captain and I had several functions to attend as well as the usual Spring maintenance around the house. We try to put down new mulch around all the outdoor plants in the Spring, although in Florida, the time of year is not that important….
My dear readers…Today, it was a bit overcast and just made me think of chicken soup. And I wanted to rotisserie a whole chicken I bought at the market yesterday. So how does one rotisserie a chicken and make chicken soup at the same time? Hang with me here…and just keep dancing. One takes two…