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The cake pans and cookie sheets that is, right onto the baking rack!! It’s a SURRENDER kind of season for me, so with the holidays in mind, I thought I’ll surrender my favorite recipes, if you’ll surrender yours! And even if you don’t, I’ll still share, because I’m that kind of girl. In our [...]
November is NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is to write a novel – or 50,000 words – in a one month span. Writing 50k in that amount of time means you don’t have the luxury of going over everything you’ve written over and over again. You have to keep moving forward. The [...]
Sometimes my mom will call me up and ask me for a recipe. At times I have it and will give it to her. At times, she has to deal with a bit of karma when I answer, “Well, I do this and put enough of this in to make it whatever, and bake it [...]
I kept trying to think of a topic to write about and was coming up blank. During all this scouring of my brain, I was in the process of cooking one of my favourite summer meals: Hodge Podge. And then it clicked! I’ll do a recipe post, I told myself, and give the P&P readers [...]
Well, it’s the day after the Fourth. We’re all cleaning our driveways and bearing up under the heat. I’m always looking for something quick and easy, yet home made, to fix on a holiday or a weekend. I created this one because so many of us love hash browns, and I love a good quiche. [...]
In 1893, Grover Cleveland began serving his second term as U.S. president, Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murder of her parents, and the World’s Columbian Exposition opened in Chicago. Several products and inventions made their debut at the Exposition. The first ferris wheel, Juicy Fruit gum, shredded wheat, and cream of wheat were [...]
Family dinners, pot lucks, buffets–they always feature at least one Jell-O salad. Something red with marshmallows and fruit — or green with pineapple and whipped cream — or at holidays — a cranberry mold. Each of us remembers Jell-O from our earliest years.It’s just always been there. Open the little box, pour the granules into [...]
Hi. Winnie Griggs here. I came across a reference to something called switchel the other day, with a note that it was a vinegar based drink that early American farmer’s used as a thirst quencher. Vinegar based drink? My nose immediately wrinkled at the thought. Was it a medicinal tonic of some sort? But no, [...]
Have you ever been to a cookie exchange? I went to my first one last Sunday and had a blast. All those treats! Even better, the exchange was part of a bigger program. The Women’s Ministry at Centerpointe Christian Church here in Lexington used their December event to support a ministry called the Refuge for [...]
Thank you for the opportunity to share my new western historical romance, TEXAS TWILIGHT, with your readers. It’s book two in The McCutcheon Family series, and was a joy to write. I think it’s because I got so attached to the family in MONTANA DAWN, I was eager to learn more about them, create a [...]
I’m not a sickly person. In fact, during my years teaching school, it was often more trouble to miss school than gut it out. And I get flu shots religiously every fall. Nonetheless, I came down with two nasty cold/viruses during the flu season of 2009-2010 and needed medical care for a horrific cough and [...]
Egg Nog Spice Bundt Cake by Linda Broday 1 box spice cake mix 1 box Instant vanilla or cheesecake pudding & pie filling 1 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt ¼ cup canola oil 1 cup light eggnog 1 egg 3 egg whites 1 1/3 cups toasted chopped pecans Powdered sugar 1. Preheat oven to 350F. [...]
Haystack Drop Candies By Winnie Griggs This is a holiday favorite at my house. It’s super easy and, as you can see from the notes on ingrediants that can be swapped out or added in, it is very versatile. INGREDIANTS 1 cup caramel chips (can substitute butterscotch chips) 2 cups shoestring [...]
OLD FASHIONED RICE PUDDING By Cheryl St. John 1/2 cup rice 1 quart milk 4 eggs, separated 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons margarine 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 tablespoons sugar Combine rice, milk and salt. Cook in a double-boiler until rice is tender. Beat egg yolks until light and lemon [...]
Wrangler Wreath Cookies Mary Connealy 1/3 C. butter 10 ounces marshmallows Microwave 1 ½ minutes. Stir. Microwave again 1 ½ minutes. Continue until smooth. Add: 1 t. green food coloring Add: 6 C. cornflakes (crushed) Wet hands work as well as buttered hands to prevent sticking. Roll into balls. Poke thumb through center and flatten [...]
We love to share recipes here at Wildflower Junction. A few months back I was delighted to be invited to take part in a cookbook featuring recipes from 130 authors, which also includes fellow Fillies Elizabeth, Mary, Vicki, and Cheryl St. John. The proceeds from the cookbook go to Snap-4-Kids. With the holidays coming up [...]
November is National Novel Writing Month. For those of you who aren’t writers, that means thousands upon thousands of writers are hunkered over their keyboards right now, tallying a word count. There’s a whole website and online community devoted to what is known as Nano-ing. Some years I participate and some I don’t. This year [...]
If a recipe can tell a story, my Aunt Dixie’s Divinity recipe written on the back of an envelope with a birthday card inside just might do that. Thank you for letting me close out the Great Soup Round-up by sharing my special recipe with you. – Jodi Thomas Aunt Dixie’s Divinity Put [...]
Potatoes are one of my absolute favorite foods, no matter how they’re cooked, baked, fried, mashed, or chowderfied. This is a variation of my mom-in-laws recipe. Ingredients: 5 pounds of potatoes, peeled and cubed (I use brown/golden potatoes) 4 stalks Celery, diced 1 tsp Onion Salt 1 tsp Pepper 1/8 cup Chicken Soup Base (or [...]
I call this dish Bunkhouse Stew because it will feed a bunkhouse full of hungry hands. It’s really a version of Brunswick Stew, a southern/southwest delicacy. Its origins go back to early frontier hunting. Those returning with game would throw their bounty in a large pot along with any available vegetables. I’ve seen photos [...]
4 Teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour 1 cup yellow cornmeal 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1/4 cup shortening Sift flour with sugar, baking powder, and salt; stir in cornmeal. Add eggs, milk, and shortening. Beat with rotary or electric beater till just smooth. (DO NOT OVERBEAT.) [...]
Love and Laughter in the Old West Confession time: Cooking is not my thing. I came to that realization the day my then five-year-old daughter rushed home from kindergarten raving about the cafeteria food. To add insult to injury she couldn’t believe that the Jello kept its shape. That was the day I [...]
The stew I want to share today is absolutely the easiest recipe ever created. Whether you’re cooking for just you and your DH or the church choir, hopefully, it’ll become one you’ll add to your recipe box. How many of you still have recipe boxes anyway? Texas Tamale Stew Serves 2 to 200 … depending [...]
I love to cook (it’s the cleaning up after part I hate!). And I confess, too, that I like to experiment in the kitchen. I call it being creative. My less generous friends call it my inability to let well enough alone. <g> Anyway, I especially like hearty dishes that I can make a big batch [...]
I’ve got a true frontier bread recipe for you to try today. I wish I could claim this was handed down from mother to daughter from my great-great-grandmother, but I can’t. Since Linda beat me to biscuits, and Cheryl has a delicious-looking cornbread recipe coming on Friday–and I rarely plan far enough ahead to make yeast [...]
