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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 Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburgers In Florida, The Home Made Way!

New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburgers are NOT in Florida I am sad to say, unless one makes their own.…. First let us get the spelling right. Green chile is spelled with an “e”…not an “i”. If you add an “i”, you are talking gringo food like a red based chili soup made with beans that…

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Winter Has Arrived in Florida!

Winter has arrived in Florida and boy-oh-boy…. it was certainly cold this morning! Granted, 50 degrees is not cold to those of you looking at 20 degree weather…but for down here, for those of us who are spoiled by the balmy weather….50 degrees is cold!! Sweatshirt cold! Light Jacket cold! Warm, woolen socks cold! Seriously,…

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Keepin’ It Real…..

Because the Christmas countdown is very near….this week I am trying to provide easy to do and quick as a whistle recipes, but also recipes that perk up the ole taste buds….in other words the dish has to taste good too. I love lettuce wraps and my very first encounter with this delicious chicken-goodness-concoction came…

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Bring On The Potatoes!

Bring On The Potatoes! And the onion And the carrots And the celery Add a little cream and you have soup! Particularly Potato Onion Carrot Celery Soup to be precise. When it is “BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE” ….it is definitely a tummy warmer….soup that is! The weather here in Florida has definitely started to…

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Individual Home Made Chicken Pot Pie

Individual Home Made Chicken Pot Pie… I love chicken pot pie and they really are so easy to make. They can be made in any amount and that is one of the conveniences that I find the most helpful. Yesterday was one of those days that did not allow a lot of time to prepare…

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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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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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Cuppa Won Ton Chicken

Cuppa Won Ton Chicken! These are not a liquid won ton which is kind of what my title suggests. Most people refer to a “cuppa” as a cup of tea or other strong beverage! I like to refer to these easy to make little cups of chicken goodness as a cuppa because they really taste…

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Creamy Chicken Enchiladas

Creamy Chicken Enchiladas is a recipe ….that was given to me by my friend in the Pacific Northwest! Yes, really…I am sure you thought I was going to say from New Mexico, because after living there for so many years, …I have posted many Mexican, Tex-Mex and other truly original Southwest recipes. However, this recipe…

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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…