Category Archives: Fan Favorites

Chicken Enchiladas

This recipe is quick and easy if you start with baked chicken from your local Vons. Continue reading

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Sheepherder’s Bread

I found this recipe in one of my Mom’s old books. It is from Sunset Cookbook of Breads I prefer to make it in a bread machine on the dough cycle and let the machine do the kneading. 3 cups … Continue reading

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Country Fried Potatoes

You can take the girl out of the country, but she still wants her fried potatoes! Continue reading

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Split Pea Soup

Split Pea Soup.  You either love it or hate it.  My daughter and husband love it, my oldest son hates peas!   I think it is comfort food at its best.   Jacque, husband’s mom made split pea soup.  It has become a … Continue reading

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French Onion Soup. Come over and I’ll make you some!

My husband, yours too will want meat for dinner. You can always add beef or pork cubes to this soup and make them happy! Continue reading

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Mango Plum Jam

There is competition in the house! Continue reading

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Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes or Butternut Squash or Beets

My daughter needed a pot luck item for a Thankgiving dinner tonight with about 19 friends.  She loves sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed them, roasted in a 400 degree oven on a cookie sheet.  I find that about 3 sweet … Continue reading

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Butternut Squash Soup

Soup,  made ahead, can be fast food.  Just put what want to save for later into jars, and either refrigerate or freeze.  Don’t be afraid to make a lot.  Soup gets better with age.  A good side dish to this soup … Continue reading

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Breakfast Hash and Eggs

As I wake up and everyone in the house is starting to stir and the chorus of “I’m hungry”, I take a gander in my refrigerator and see we have eggs and a bit of leftover meat and decide, let’s … Continue reading

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Fisherman Jimmy’s Fried Fish

When my husband and I first got together, a fisherman Jimmy lived in the apartment below.  He would be gone for days at a time, and then would announce his arrival home by leaving fresh fish or lobster in our … Continue reading

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