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Green Tomato Rice

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

This is a delicious rice dish to serve with pork or beef, and it’s a great way to use green tomatoes. Servings: 6 people Ingredients 4 slices bacon, diced 1 bunch green onions, sliced, with most of green (6 to … Continue reading →

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Mom’s Rhubarb Pie

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

6-7 stalks [1 3/4 pounds] fresh rhubarb, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch thick slices [about 5 cups] 1/2 teaspoon fresh squeezed lemon juice 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/3 cup flour Pinch salt 1 [15 … Continue reading →

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Salt Crusted Rye Bread

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

Definitely one of my favorite breads. Skip lots of steps by making in a breadmaker and let it do its initial rise in the machine. Then shape, let rise and finish up. Servings: 2 Loaves Salt Crusted Currant Pecan Rye … Continue reading →

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Molasses Baked Onions

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

Rich and sweet, these onions are adapted from Angela Shelf Medearis’s recipe for Honey-Baked Onions in The African-American Kitchen. They’re… more › Ingredients 4 large sweet onions such as Vidalia, Walla Walla, or Oso Sweet (3 to 4 lb total) … Continue reading →

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Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

Hodgson Mill’s Recipe Ingredients ½ cup Hodgson Mill Steel Cut Oats 2 ½ cups Hodgson Mill Naturally White Flour 1 cup water 1 ½ cups raisins ¾ cup butter 1 ½ cups granulated sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla 1 … Continue reading →

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BBQ Sauce

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

Start with a base of purchased BBQ sauce, add soy sauce, and brown sugar and balsalmic vinegar.  Heat to blend to taste.  Coffee adds a great base note to many soups and sauces. If you want to build from scratch, … Continue reading →

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Navy Bean Soup

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

One of the staples for dinner was Navy Bean Soup.  With 9 kids, I mean 9 hungry kids and two adults to feed, Navy Bean Soup was seen a lot at our house.  Being the eighth kid, it was always … Continue reading →

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Baking Powder Biscuits

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

My sister Wanda would always make the best light fluffy biscuits.  I am sure she learned from my Mom, but she got it right.  She would whip them up and have them served with a bit of gravy in no … Continue reading →

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Lemon or Lime Cool Whip Mousse

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

If you are avoiding Cool Whip and other frozen whipped toppings because they contain hydrogenated oils and trans fats, try Tru Whip, an all-natural frozen whipped topping available at Whole Foods Markets. It has no trans fats or hydrogenated oils. … Continue reading →

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Key Lime Pie

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

Ingredients 1 can of sweetened condensed milk shopping list 1/2 cup of key lime juice (you can use lemon juice for a lemon pie) shopping list 8 ounces of whipped heavy cream or Cool Whip shopping list 1 cooked and … Continue reading →

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