Blueberry Muffins

I love this recipe.  My favorite breakfast has to be blueberry muffins, scrambled eggs, and a big glass of orange juice.  Make this for your Sunday breakfast, you won’t be disappointed! 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 2 TBS and 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp nutmeg…

Frying Pan Chili

There’s nothing quite like a big bowl of chili on a cold, cloudy, fall day.  This is one of my family’s favorite meals.  I like to serve it over rice and with a side of cornbread.  I promise, you will love it. 2 lbs. ground beef 1 onion 1 green bell pepper 2 garlic cloves…

Hershey’s Best Brownies

This is my favorite go-to dessert.  I love anything chocolate and especially a brownie.  My mom used to make these brownies.  When I moved out-of-state when I was 20, she wrote the recipe on a card.  I still use that card today.  I thought of taking a picture of it, but the card is quite stained…

Lemon Poppy-Seed Tea Cake

This is one of my recipes I go to when the hot summer days start to become unbearable.  Lemon Poppy-Seed Tea Cake is a delight on the tongue.  The sour lemon and the sweet sugar glaze are a perfect combination.  It’s like a sophisticated glass of lemonade in a cake.  I chose to make it for the…

Stuffed Artichokes

My girls and I LOVE Stuffed Artichokes.  I grew up eating them when I was a little girl.  I love taking recipes from my childhood and sharing them with my children.  I was mentioning to someone today that we were having Stuffed Artichokes for dinner and she asked me to put the recipe on the…

How to Make Chocolate Curls

I absolutely love chocolate cake.  It is my favorite food.  When I give my students their spelling test I try to use each word in a sentence about chocolate cake.  If I want a crowd pleaser I will usually make my favorite chocolate cake recipe.  But to top it off, to make it really pop,…

Perfect Pot Pie

Our family loves homemade pot pie.  I got this recipe from my mom years ago.  She saw it somewhere and told me how fantastic it is.  I copied it down on a small piece of paper and have been making it ever since.  In fact, it’s what Kate wants for her birthday dinner next month. …

Shepherd’s Pie

This is one of my family’s favorites.  On cold winter days, this comfort food warms your insides.  You will love this recipe! 4 large potatoes, peeled and quartered 1 TBS margarine or unsalted butter 1/4 C milk 1 TBS dried parsley 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey 2large cloves…