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I Love Chicken Salad With Extras

I love chicken salad with extras because it is so simple. I learned to make chicken salad from my mother and grandmother and they made it delicious but pretty plain. Yes, it was good, but years later….when I started adding the “extras”, my chicken salad became even better. The extras I am talking about are…

Easter Decorating And A Chicken Soup Recipe!

Easter decorating can be as simple as buying a wreath and adding personal touches to it or setting up a 3 piece vignette. A couple years ago, I found the prettiest grapevine wreath at JoAnns Fabric and Craft store. A few pastel colored eggs were arranged in strategic places on the wreaths…however, I…

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New Year…New Soup!

What better way to start the New Year 2016 ….. than with a bowl of soup? I hope you, my dear readers….had a wonderful New Years Celebration! Actually, the Captain and I had a very quiet evening….old movies and orange crush soda. It has become tradition for us to toast the new year with…

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Potato N’ Ham Soup

Potato N’ Ham Soup is just plain good eatin’. I love soup and it doesn’t matter if it is a crisp cool day or a hot and humid day…I love soups. I had baked a honey glazed ham over the week-end and decided to make soup with the left over ham. Yes, I had already…

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Chicken Taco Soup

Chicken Taco Soup is a great soup to cook in the slow cooker or to cook on the stove. Yummy! And it is great for Cinco de Mayo too! Yesterday morning, I took a couple chicken thighs out of the freezer and plopped them in my slow cooker. You can use chicken breasts but I…

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Which Came First? The Chicken or the Egg!

Which Came First? The Chicken or the Egg! It is that age old question isn’t it? I love eggs and I love chickens….to not only raise, but to eat. Chicken Salad is one of my most favorite salads! I love almost any kind of chicken, whether it be baked, broiled, bar-b-qued, fried, deep fried, chicken…

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Let’s Eat Stew, Chunky Mexican Stew!

Let’s Eat Stew, Chunky Mexican Stew! Cold weather makes one think of soups and stews and certainly those of you in the Midwest and Northeast most likely are making delicious soups regularly. This Chunky Mexican Stew is so good that it doesn’t have to have cold weather to enjoy it. I like this stew year…

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Lobster Rolls, The Croissant Way

Lobster Rolls, The Croissant Way! I became familiar with lobster rolls many years ago while visiting the New England area. In fact, after my first taste of fresh Maine Lobster…well, there was no going back. 🙂 It is a delicious sweet meat and when you dip in clarified butter….well, lets just say it is unbelievably…

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Stuffed Peppers with a Twist…

Stuffed Peppers with a Twist… Yep! The twist is using a mixture of meats rather than all ground beef. The twist continues with the use of Arborio rice and chili sauce and cheese over the top. I would say that is a twist and a half! I assembled my ingredients…really more than I needed as…

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Once, A Long Time Ago…

Once, A Long Time Ago…in a Galaxy far, far away… Ok…Texas is not in a Galaxy far, far away….but it did provide me with a wonderful cold soup recipe, called Gazpacho! Gazpacho! A fresh tasting cold soup, so perfect for anytime, but Spring and Summer time are my choices. There is a story behind this…