Apple Avocado Salad with Mandarin Orange Dressing

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I love a good salad!  My favorite salads always include fresh leafy greens (obviously), some sort of fruit, nuts (preferably candied) and a good cheese.  This salad has all of those things with the added bonus of avocado and a homemade dressing.  This is a really good salad.  You should try it.  Here it goes… Continue Reading …

Sauteed Corn

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Although I do love cooking, I do not like chopping onions nor do I like touching cloves of garlic.  The very thought of chopping onions makes my eyes tear and burn.   And as for the garlic, well it makes my hands smell for a very long time.  So much that if I touch it, I can’t sleep that Continue Reading …

Fruit Kabobs with French Cream Dip

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I used to teach kindergarten in San Diego.  Whenever we had any sort of potluck, another staff member always brought fruit with the yummiest tasting dip.  Everyone in the staff room would devour it and there were several attempts made by many teachers to get the recipe but she wouldn’t budge, it was top secret.  Although I don’t Continue Reading …

Spicy Chicken Soup

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I love Fall. I love the weather, the colors, the holidays and of course the flavors that Fall brings. One of the things that I love to cook in the Fall is soup. I discovered this Spicy Chicken Soup recipe a few years ago, did some minor tweaking and it is now what I consider Continue Reading …

Magic Bars

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My mom was not a gourmet cook. She was a good cook but definitely not gourmet. She cooked and she baked the very basics for our family. Magic Bars were a basic in our household. They required very few ingredients, minimal time and were always a hit. Now that my sister and I are grown, Continue Reading …