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I never tasted biscuits and gravy until I was 18 years old and working as a counselor at a summer camp, where every Thursday morning the dining hall served the southern-style breakfast treat. This northern girl was instantly hooked. When I got married years later, I inherited a simple sausage gravy recipe from my mother-in…
On a cold Saturday morning, my first grade daughter set out to spend some money. She’d come into a decent haul from grandparents during her recent birthday, and she’d decided she wanted to put it to use at Build-A-Bear Workshop, a popular place where children can assemble and accessorize their own stuffed animals. My daughter…
This Spaghetti Pie recipe is my go-to casserole to bring to new moms or to friends who are recovering from surgery. It’s easy, makes a large amount of food, and everyone declares it to be delicious. I first got this recipe when someone brought it to my sister-in law as a way to help out…
Those cans of whipped cream the grocery store sells are admittedly cool. Who doesn’t like to give a can a good shake and spray creamy dairy deliciousness onto a slab of pie or a strawberry rhubarb crisp? My personal favorite healthy(ish) dessert is a handful of fresh strawberries with some whipped cream for dipping. However,…
For most of human history, humanity has waged a war against boredom. For some, it was how to cope with tedious, desensitizing work. For others, it was how to manage free time apart from work, whether that free time be generous or scarce. Prior to the last century or so, the primary weapons against boredom…
My family loves these Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket. So do people at my church. I double the recipe and take them to church potluck breakfasts, and they always disappear in a matter of minutes. They’re that good. They contain everything that makes a filling breakfast: eggs, meat, cheese, and some carbs in the form…
One of the best parts of eating a ham for the holidays is making ham and beans with the leftover ham bone. This savory meal is good comfort food on a cold winter night. You can make ham and beans with the ham bone right away, or place the ham bone in a freezer-safe plastic…
“Jane* had her baby.” It was my wife, speaking to me from her chair nearby. I looked over and said, “That’s cool. I didn’t see that.” I opened up Facebook, navigated over to Jane’s profile page … and saw why I hadn’t seen it. Sometime in the last few months, Jane had unfriended me. I…
I found this recipe for a vegetable-based side dish among my grandmother’s old recipe cards. She passed away last summer after living in an assisted living facility for several years, but back in the day, she really knew her way around a kitchen. She used to bring all kinds of tasty dishes to church suppers,…
