It's National Chili Day and we're having chili tonight from my Smoky Mountain Chili Recipe - how about YOU? I guess I'll be delivering chili either late this afternoon - or leftover chili tomorrow - because when we have something good and I have ... [ Read More ]
Fruit Cake – Kim’s Almost Famous Recipe
FRUIT CAKE - It's Good At Thanksgiving TOO! This is the story of Kim's Secret Fruit Cake Recipe - that took fruit cake jokes out of the joke category and put them at the top of the desired deserts list for holidays. You will absolutely ... [ Read More ]
Thick ‘n’ CHUNKY BEEF STEW
Geezer loves a thick and chunky beef stew. But I could never make beef stew quite like mom's. She just had the perfect touch when it came to making beef stew but her's was very thin and so full of good veggies. She was also so much like me about ... [ Read More ]
10 Hearty Soup Recipes and Kitchen Memories
Today we're talking about vintage kitchen memories and hearty soup recipes! As cool weather starts to move in it's time to start gathering soup recipes for those chilly nights when you just want a bowl of something warm and hearty... We've shared ... [ Read More ]
Green Divinity Candy for Saint Patrick’s Day
I doubt that there is a homemade candy more special than divinity candy! So many people think of Divinity Candy Recipes as something for the fall and winter holiday season, but Divinity is the perfect homemade candy for any occasion. You can ... [ Read More ]
Be The Star of The Holidays with this Old Fashioned Divinity Recipe!
Divinity just "says" Christmas to me! For as long as I can remember, from the time I was a very little girl, I remember Christmas being a time of lots of candy and cookie making, especially Mom's Old Fashioned Divinity Candy and Fudge. But goodness ... [ Read More ]
Super Skillet Supper – Quick, Easy and Hearty!
Do you have a secret supper recipe? I guess we don't in the canyon, we just love old fashioned cooking from scratch ... whatever it is. But a group of our church ladies had to take a little trip the other day and we took several car loads and I ... [ Read More ]
White Bean Soup – Round Knob Canyon Style
One of the Best Bean Soup Recipes EVER! A BIG favorite in the Canyon! White Bean Soup was something I mentioned in my Fall Festival post ... my own special recipe - so I thought I'd better post the recipe because I knew many would be ... [ Read More ]
Chicken Casserole – Chicken, Potato, Panko and YUM!
Chicken Casserole - Chicken, Potato and Panko - A FAVORITE RECIPE FROM THE CANYON Walmart Encounters I think I need to hang out in the baking aisle in Walmart more often, because I'm getting some GOOD blog stories in that aisle. I was stopped by a ... [ Read More ]
Turnip Soup –
I had someone message and ask for a favorite but simple soup recipe for this bitter cold weekend and I gave them the recipe for this soup below. One of our very favorite soups...from the kitchen in the canyon! I've given this ... [ Read More ]
Your Secret to Old Fashioned Chocolate Fudge
I don't know when it happened - or how it began, but someone decided that we no longer needed that old fashioned Hershey's chocolate fudge recipe on the Hershey's Cocoa can - so they took it off! My Mom's Vintage Hershey's Chocolate Fudge Recipe When ... [ Read More ]
Divinity Candy – ANYONE Can Make It
Divinity Candy For as long as I can remember, from the time I was a very little girl...I remember Christmas being a time of lots of candy and cookie making, especially Divinity and Fudge. But goodness ... it doesn't have to be Christmas time ... [ Read More ]