Do you like goat cheese? I used to think it tasted like Daddy's goat pen smelled, but over the years, I've come to enjoy it. An Easy Process Last week, I traded a sour dough loaf for some goat's … [Read more...]
Sweet Potato Biscuits
My mother is pretty famous around the local community for her sweet potato biscuits. Unfortunately, her recipe is in her head. I’ve made them a couple of times (successfully, too) from her directions … [Read more...]
Gigi’s Cherry Cobbler
In Rescued Hearts, Gigi loves to cook especially for her grandson, Brett. She makes a cherry cobbler the first time he brings Mary Wade to Gigi’s house. This recipe isn’t fancy. It would probably … [Read more...]
Christmas Cookies
Two things I like best about December are sending Christmas cards and baking cookies. We mail over two hundred cards, and I bake at least twelve different kinds of cookies. In a family of six, you … [Read more...]
Piano Lessons and Chicken Ring Around
I just walked into my house after about an hour of gardening, doing something else creative so my mind can rest before tackling another scene in my work-in-progress. My house smelled like my old piano … [Read more...]
Recipe from Irish Encounter
In Irish Encounter, Ellen’s daughter loves her pesto recipe. Since I’m making a batch today (for someone who's coming home for the first time since March!), here’s the one I adapted for my family. … [Read more...]
Sunflower Oatmeal Bread
My husband loves sandwiches made on sunflower bread at a local diner. When we discovered the owner ships the bread all the way from New York to North Carolina (therefore justifying the extra charge … [Read more...]
Christmas Cookie
For the past six days or so I've been trying to catch up with my baking. I've baked thirteen different kind of cookies--two are double batches, too. Here's one of my favorite recipes. It's one of the … [Read more...]
Recipe for a Care Package
My mother-in-law used to say a parent is a parent "from the womb to the tomb." I've had time to contemplate those words as my house is changing into an empty nest. I'm still a mother, but now I'm … [Read more...]
Recipe for a Last Supper
Tomorrow we leave for West Point. If everything goes as planned, Quinn won’t be back home until Thanksgiving. For the past two weeks, I’ve been cooking his favorite meals and desserts. He asked for … [Read more...]
