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Buttery 100 cookies on a red plate
Buttery 100 cookies on a red plate

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100 Cookies Recipe

This 100 Cookies recipe originally ran on my blogspot blog January 2, 2011. Christmas has come and gone, and while I made a handful of chocolates and cookies to give away as gifts to teachers and
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Shortbread squares with red and green candied cherries

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Shortbread with Candied Cherries Recipe

This recipe first appeared on my blogspot blog December 11, 2011. Fruitcake is not a holiday tradition in my home,
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Fruitcake cookies on a festive holiday plate

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Fruitcake Cookie Recipe

This story and recipe first appeared on my blogspot blog December 2012. I'm not one of those people easily offended
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Cooked cabbage with apples and pecans in a green bowl

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Braised Cabbage with Apples and Pecans Recipe

This recipe first appeared on A Cook and Her Books blogspot in January 2012. Apples get to be the star of the show,
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Green bowl with slaw made of cabbage, apples, pecans and cranberries

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Slaw with Apples and Pecans Recipe

This recipe first appeared on my A Cook and Her Books blogspot in January 2012. 'Tis the season when I'm blessed with
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Chicken and dumplings in a bowl with a spoon

Food

My Favorite Soup and Stew Recipes

This is a collection of my favorite soup and stew recipes. If I had to pick a favorite food category, I think it would
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Mulligatawny soup in a white bowl with rice

Food

Mulligatawny Soup Recipe

Mulligatawny, the richly flavored Indian-Anglo soup is so much fun to say, it's almost disappointing to find out the
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Red apples on a tree

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Homemade Applesauce Microwave Recipe

This story first appeared on my blogspot November 5, 2011. Each fall, I'm blessed with a glut of apples, from
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Black eyed pea Cowboy Caviar in a bowl with tortilla chips

Food

Cowboy Caviar Recipe

This rustic salsa is sometimes called Texas Caviar. It was made popular in Texas by a chef and cookbook author named
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Fresh peach ice cream in a bowl with a whole peach

Food

Fresh Peach Ice Cream (HMFPIC) Recipe

If you hold Macon, Georgia, near to your heart then you know the acronym HMFPIC from the classified ad placed in the
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