These little candies don’t look like much but trust me they are something special.  The butterscotch chips mixed into the semi-sweet chocolate smells amazing and leave people wondering what secret ingredient makes them so addictive!  They are a Christmas tradition in my office and but you will find them a welcome treat any time of year.  This recipe makes a lot of candies so be ready to give them away.  If it doesn’t make quite enough for all of your friends and family, then luckily it is easy enough to make more.

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Click here for the recipe Chocolate Haystacks Candy

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This wonderful rice casserole is one of my mother-in-law’s holiday side dishes but it is delicious and comforting with any meal.  It bakes in the oven leaving you time to worry about your other dishes.  Her original recipe calls for a can of sliced mushrooms and a can of condensed french onion soup but the french onion soup has gotten difficult to find so this year we fancied it up with fresh sliced mushrooms, sauteed onions, and beef stock.  (...)
Click here for the recipe Oven-Baked Mushroom Rice Pilaf

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Are you still eating Thanksgiving leftovers?  For me, Thanksgiving lasts for days.  Between dinner on turkey day, pie breakfasts all through the weekend, and Thanksgiving redone in the office microwave on Monday, we always cook enough food to last a week.  So I don’t typically get very creative with my leftovers.  I save the turkey to make tortilla soup and pot pie but I love my stuffing and green bean casserole just as they are.

This is a fun post-feast lunch or snack, turkey grilled cheese with cranberry sauce and-for me-left over Brussels sprouts.

Turkey and Cranberry Sauce Grilled Cheese

• two slices bread
• softened butter
• cranberry sauce
• sliced turkey breast
• swiss cheese
• stone-ground mustard

1. Heat a skillet or griddle to medium-low.
2. Butter one side of each slice of bread.
3. Flip bread buttered side down and spread cranberry sauce on one slice and mustard on the other.
4. Place turkey and a thin layer of any left-over goodies you like: stuffing, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, etc. over the cranberry sauce and then top with cheese.
5. Close sandwich mustard side down so the buttered sides are facing out.
6. Place sandwich on the griddle with cheese side up and cover with a pot lid.  Heat about 2 minutes then check the underside for browning.
7. When nicely browned, flip sandwich and cover again for about 2 minutes.
8. Check the toasted side and remove sandwich to a cutting board.
9. Slice and enjoy.  Tastes like Thanksgiving!

I hope you had a wonderful holiday!  I am so thankful for our health and happiness and for you all.  I hope the holidays brings wonderful things for you and your family!

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Absolutely NO secret recipes.  Sharing recipes is so much more than just passing on words on paper.  When you share a recipe with someone you are wishing the best for them.  You carefully consider the measurements and ingredients so that your recipient can succeed.  You want them to feel accomplished and satisfied, for their guests or family to be impressed by what they created, and to feel the same happiness or comfort that the recipe brings you and your family.

Despite my love for cookbooks and cooking magazines, I would choose another home cook’s worn and weathered recipe over any glossy, sleek cookbook recipe every time.  Like so many of the recipes on this site, I got it from a friend.  This is her mother’s recipe for shrimp etouffee and tasting her leftovers in the office got me half-way over the personal hurdle that is Cajun food.  I’m still climbing that particular mountain but, like so many foods I thought I would never like, I’m getting there-slowly and with lots of help!(...)
Click here for the recipe Ollie’s Shrimp Etouffee

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There is a small cafe on the college campus near work that I love.  They have a large assortment of salads, and the food is always fresh and house-made.  This artichoke salad is one of the dishes they serve and it is such a nice accompaniment to their hearty main dishes.

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Click here for the recipe Marinated Artichoke Salad

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