State Fair Fudge

A plate with some chocolate covered marshmallows on it

Ingredients 12 oz package of milk chocolate chips (any brand you like) 12 oz package of bittersweet chocolate chips 3 cups mini marshmallows 1/3 cup chunky peanut butter (smooth is ok – but I never buy it) 1 ½ cups roughly chopped cashews – or nut of choice. (I used a salted nut – salt…

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Steak and Salad Dinner

Grilled steak and Caesar salad on a plate.

Sometimes we fall into a dinner rut. Mondays are for chicken, Tuesday is fish, Wednesday features leftover chicken, Thursday is meatless because no one went to the store. Do you ever feel that way? When you get to that place it can be as boring to eat dinner as it is to make it. I’m…

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Steak Salad with Thai Inspired Dressing

Steak salad with red peppers and herbs.

Arrrrggg. It’s October and our crockpots miss us. But it’s also ninety degrees in the shade and our crockpots are not ready to face that kind of silly heat. Can you blame them? The problem is that we are all craving cold weather treats, soups, stews, pot roast, chicken and dumplings – that good stuff…

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Steak Soup — Asian Inspired

A bowl of soup with chopsticks and lemon.

Asian Inspired Savory Steak Soup Ingredients 8 cups beef broth 2 cups water 4 whole star anise 1 cinnamon stick 1 inch piece of ginger, peeled and sliced ¾ lb leftover grilled sirloin steak, thinly sliced 1 Tbsp sherry or mirin (rice wine) 4 oz rice noodles (can substitute thin spaghetti) ¼ cup sliced basil…

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Stick Cheese

A plate of food with cheese and sauce.

Put a wedge of Brie cheese in the food processor with ½ as much butter and blend it to combine. Add some well toasted almonds, a lot of rosemary and some cracked pepper and give it a quick spin to just get it all in there. That’s it. Yum.

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Sticky Buns

A close up of some pastries on a table

Ingredients 2 sticks of butter 1 c brown sugar 1/2 c chopped pecans 1 pkg puff pastry defrosted 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 c dried cranberries  cooking spray Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 12 cup muffin pan with cooking spray. Put 1 Tbsp butter in each cup. Top with 1 Tbsp brown sugar…

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Strawberry and Spinach with Grilled Chicken

A plate of food on the table with flowers.

Ingredients 1 bag prewashed spinach 1 cup sliced strawberries (more to taste) 3 oz feta cheese crumbled ¼ to ½ cups walnut pieces 4 pieces crispy bacon 4 chicken breasts, grilled or roasted (I cut them in half and marinate in soy sauce, brown sugar and sherry for at least 30 minutes before grilling. Cool…

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Strawberry and Spinach with Grilled Chicken

Chicken and spinach salad with strawberries.

The bees are buzzing, the herb garden is springing back to life, and the good news is that we have a new grill! That means we are ready to make Strawberry and Spinach Salad with Grilled Chicken for dinner. Really, there isn’t a good name for this salad because the thrill is the Honey and…

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Strawberry Cake

A heart shaped cake with pink frosting and strawberries on top.

Ingredients  1 box white cake mix 1 box (3 oz) strawberry jello 3 eggs ½ cup oil (I used canola) ½ cup water 1 pkg (10 oz) frozen strawberries – defrosted For Icing 1 box (16 oz)  confectioners sugar 6 Tbsp butter, softened Reserved juice from strawberries 5 to 6 Tbsp milk or half & …

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Strawberry Cake

Two women baking in a kitchen studio.

Channel 5 gave me the chance to do a “Two-for”….two recipes on one show for Talk of The Town. (Click Here to View). Since it was Valentine’s Day of course I made desserts! It made sense to pick my guys’ favorites and feature them. The first was Fudge Pie – Ireland’s Style. In my college and high school…

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