Beef Bourguignonne

This will be the best beef stew you will ever eat! It calls for cooking and serving the potatoes separate from the stew.  We have always included them in the stew, feel free to make your choice.  It will be delicious either way. Print Recipe Beef Bourguignonne Cuisine French Prep Time 25 minutes Cook Time…

Pistachio-Crusted Chicken Breast w/Raspberry Sauce

When you want to pull out all the stops and impress family and friends with a special meal, this would be high on your list of choices.  It is reasonably simple to make and combined with a side of Parmesan risotto, and a lovely green vegetable you have a presentation that will be remembered long…

Lobster Macaroni and Cheese

I think most of us think we are eating something decadent when we choose homemade mac and cheese, now add lobster to the dish and you’ve really gone over the top.  This recipe is not complicated, so when you are ready to indulge, go for it!

Fabulous Chunky Chili

Why would anyone make chili when its so easy to open a can?  Because it tastes better and it’s fun to do!  This recipe may be cut in half, but you will love having extra chili in the freezer:)

Panhandle Barbecue Sauce

A well-balanced, all-purpose barbecue sauce that will give even oven-cooked meats a rich barbecue flavor.  It’s mellow , reddish brown in color, smooth in consistency and much better than the bottled  variety.  All you need to do is measure the ingredients into a saucepan, simmer until thick enough to coat a spoon, and store in…

Marinated Chuck Roast

The marinade works to tenderize as well as enhance the flavor of an economical cut of beef.  The flavor is great and the meat becomes crusty-brown on the outside yet pink and juicy on the inside.  You’ll think your eating and expensive slice of ribeye.

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

This is Jason’s favorite cookie.  So much so that in my 50 year old recipe book I have crossed out the name Chocolate Crinkles and re-named them Jason’s Cookies.  I have to say they are probably my favorite too.  What can I say, they are CHOCOLATE, and moist and chewy and festive looking with their…

Brownies

This bar cookie became popular in the roaring 20’s.  You know it’s good to have lasted that long.  It is still popular for picnics, lunch boxes, and of course there is always that decadent  dessert,  the brownie sundae. This particular recipe produces a wonderful moist, chewy, chocolate treat that will be one of your favorites too.

Chicken Cacciatore

This recipe looks complicated but you  are done fixing it before you know it.  The leftovers are out of this world. It can be made with a whole chicken but I like the taste with thighs and drumsticks.  It’s another recipe that can be made well in advance and re-heated.  It’s great over polenta or…

Butternut Squash or Broccoli Soup

So here’s a two for the price of one!  Your choice of butternut squash or broccoli soup.  Either soup will fit well in the bowl with the Red Pepper soup found on the blog.  The presentation is fun.  However, either of these soups will stand just as well on their own or in a Print…

Sugar Cookies

This is a very basic recipe used for cut-out cookies.  It’s probably 100 years old but my version comes from a cook book I got for a wedding gift in 1962.  Chilling the dough is the big secret to cut out cookies.  Some people roll it out on a cookie sheet, cut out your cookies…

French-Style Potatoes

For some reason these potatoes earned the name ‘hard potatoes’ in our family.  I guess to a bunch of little boys that was  the way you compared them to baked or mashed.  I call them  terrific, easy, and they can be dipped in ketchup when eating, another reason why they were a favorite of the…