THURSDAY IS CHILI DAY

Chili and also chilly!!38 brisk degrees this morning in the West Virginia hills! Sounds like a great day to cook up a big pot of chili!I have made chili pretty much the same way for the past 50+ years and was quite happy with it. Tomato juice, ground beef, kidney beans (canned) and spices, cooked […]

RE-STEW

Many years ago when I was a young mother with a new baby, a kind neighbor brought me a bowl of stew for dinner. It was so good, that I immediately ran over and begged her for the recipe. It has been a favorite in my family ever since. If you try it, be sure […]

ALL THINGS PUMPKIN

It’s that time of year again (short summer wasn’t it) (winks)! Time for “All things pumpkin”. The last thing I would have ever expected to see was fudge made from pumpkin, and I was very surprised when a friend (in the real world) shared this recipe with me. I was equally surprised when it turned […]

LOADED OATMEAL COOKIES

Heck let’s just do it the easy way and turn it into a jpeg file. When I am waking up with a morning cup of coffee, I like to have something solid to go with it. Something flavorful, but not too sweet. These cookies fill that requirement nicely! I jokingly call them my “Trail Mix”cookies. […]