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Tart Cherries Are Sweet

I saw some tart pitted canned cherries on sale at the local grocery store this past weekend.  They were $1.50 a can instead of the normal price of over $3 a can.  I bought two for future use. 
My favorite pie is cherry, but I rarely make it because my family is into chocolate and not [...]


Freeze and Eat Later

We made beef stroganoff last spring and it makes twice as much as our family needs.  So we cook on casserole and freeze the other.
I surprised some of my co-workers when I told them that we made it in February and it tasted like it was cooked yesterday.  They mentioned the dreaded words: FREEZER BURN. 
No, [...]


Chocolate Pumpkin Pie

My niece, an avid pumpkin pie lover and a chocolate lover, thought it would be delicious to eat a chocolate pumpkin pie.  I usually cook a pumpkin pie for our Thanksgiving meal; and this year I am adding a new twist.  Basically the pie is made like a traditional pumpkin pie with the canned pumpkin, [...]


Apple Pie Topping

When I make apple pie, which I did yesterday, I only make a bottom crust.  On top I use a topping that my mom used to make when she made pies for me when I was growing up.  She gave me the recipe and it is mighty tasty.
Here it is, it’s simple.  Mix 1 stick [...]


Healthy Oats

I have read how oatmeal is a super food that is good for you.  However, I don’t know if it is laziness or what, but I like oatmeal uncooked better than cooked.  I always eat the old fashioned kind.
I have always wondered if you get the same health benefits from oatmeal by not cooking it.  [...]


North Carolina Apples

I enjoy a crisp apple.  Red delicious, Granny Smith, and Pink Lady’s are my current favorites.  They all tend to stay crisp.  A couple of days ago, my coworker, Donald Jones, brought me an apple that was just picked off a tree in western North Carolina.  Oh my it was tasty. 
I have a new appreciation [...]


Deep Fried Fair Food

We went to the NC State Fair over the weekend, and as usual it was a smorgasbord of fried food.  One, is the fried candy bar.  I am not a big fan of adding more fat to an already fattening food but  decided to try it at home.Here is the recipe for a fried candy [...]


Last Minute Kabobs

Found that marinating meat in Italian dressing is a good way to do Kabobs on the grill.  Yesterday I went to the store and found some east coast shrimp, I added some beef tips that were on sale and I was on my way to making a kabob.  Usually we use chicken and steak with [...]


Watermelon Selection

On a summer day I love a good slice of watermelon and how it can quench your thirst and hunger.  I used to think that watermelon wasn’t a healthy fruit because it had a lot of sugar.  Well now I realize that is a healthy fruit with liposyne.  So I love eating watermelon guilt free.
But, I [...]


Coho Salmon On The Grill

Found some fresh, wild caught, coho salmon on sale at the store, so I bought some.  I fired up my charcoal grill to get a hot fire going.  I rubbed some olive oil and season salt on the fish and put it scale side down.  After I closed the grill, I was thinking that when [...]