There is a chill in the air here in Texas. Finally the weather is feeling like winter. Even though we haven’t  had really cold weather. You know Texas, one day it can be warm and the next day cold.  Lately I have been in the mood for a good soup. I was browsing through my new cookbook from The Dove’s Nest and found  a recipe…

                                                             THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED I love chocolate and I was curious when I received the package in the mail from Cowgirl Chocolates to review .The first thing I noticed was the pretty packaging. A small red box with a black ribbon , card and a tiny “western” style button carefully wrapped in red tissue paper.Inside were nine fancy handmade truffles wrapped in…

While visiting my friend  Christa, I had the most delicious chicken salad I have ever tried. She gave me the recipe and I had to share it with you.  I love quick and easy recipes.I work 12 hour shifts and it is hard sometimes to find the time to  cook after work. So when I’m working I try to stick to the quick and easy.…

I love cranberry sauce. Every year i usually buy the canned cranberry. This year I saw this recipe on Mommyskitchen and decided to try it for Thanksgiving. It was so yummy. I will never go back to canned cranberry ever again. The recipe is so easy. I hope you will  serve this yummy cranberry sauce for Christmas dinner. You will be glad you did. Homemade…

The holidays are approaching and it is time to think about your Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday menus.The weather is cooled and it is time to start all that great baking. I love baking and cooking this time of year. One of my favorite baking recipe is banana bread or muffins with pecans or walnuts. I love cooking and baking with nuts. My favorite is pecans.…