Desserts Recipes

Pound Cake

There are so many reasons to bake a cake. Birthdays, church functions, families begging you to,  just because.  One of the best Pound Cake recipes ever is the one I am going to show you next. I have baked countless number of Pound Cakes, some with sour cream, some that take a dozen eggs, some …

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Egg Bites – WW friendly

I have always been a good cook, according to my family and friends, and since joining Weight Watchers again, and again, and again, I am enjoying taking recipes and changing them up to fit my plan. I leave very early in the morning to drive a school bus so my breakfast use to consist of …

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No Sugar No Knead Bread

There is one thing that I make on a weekly basis, sometimes more, and that is this No Sugar – No Knead bread that I found on YouTube and made by Big Family Homestead. I have made other no knead breads many times, along with breads you knead, breads made in a bread maker, and …

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Pecan Pie

There are so many recipes on the internet for Pecan Pie’s, but there is only one that my husband and his brothers crave and it was the one that their sweet Maw Maw made.  She would double the recipe and make 3 pies each Thanksgiving, and it’s a good thing, because they were gone before …

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Chicken Chili

My family loves chili in all shapes and sizes but this Chicken Chili recipe knocks the socks off people. My oldest daughter Paige brought this to a Halloween get together and everyone raved about it. This is perfect for  cold winter nights with a pan of cornbread. Everyone thinks because it’s chicken that it is …

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Fried Okra

I am from the South but I didn’t grow up with southern cooking, as my parents were from Chicago. When I moved to my high school home area, it was country, and I mean COUNTRY.  This same area now is one of the most affluent areas in Georgia but at the time, it was just …

Family

Artists in my Family

I grew up in Atlanta, Ga but my parents were from Chicago. I had a grandfather, he was married to my grandmother, but not my blood relative, who was from France. He was a character out of a movie. Lou loved red headed women and he was an amazing photographer and artist that would be …