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Low Country Love: Shrimp & Grits

If there is a universal code of comfort food, surely shrimp and grits would be part of it. If I were writing the rules, I would say that comfort food: 1. must be warm, 2. served in a bowl, and 3. be
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7 Layer Salad Recipe

This story with 7 Layer Salad Recipe first published on my blogspot blog as "P is for Potluck (and Peas!)" Contrary
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Brownies or Fudge? You Decide

This is my favorite brownie recipe. Forgedabout boxed mixes, (some of which are actually very good). This recipe is just
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Kiss My Cheek and Call Me Betty Crocker!

When I forget to defrost the chicken in the freezer, I go to the pantry for a can of salmon and make salmon patties.
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Lemon Pudding Love

After 20 years of marriage, you think I’d know this companion, best friend, loving father of my children. A man who
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Welcoming 2010 with Breakfast

Our New Year’s breakfast is a week late, because the girls were visiting friends last weekend. I was at home, working
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