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Lemon tea loaf cake cooling on a wire rack

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Lemon Tea Loaf Cake Recipe

This lemon tea loaf recipe first appeared on my blogspot blog April 17, 2011. I have a long-standing love for lemon,
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Baked potato soup with Cheddar cheese and bacon

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Baked Potato Soup with Cheddar and Bacon Recipe

This baked potato soup recipe first appeared on my blogspot blog in April 2011. There are a few recipes that every
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Squash casserole in a dish with a spoon

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Squash Casserole Recipe

This squash casserole recipe first appeared on my blogspot blog November 14, 2012. I can't imagine a Thanksgiving
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Fruitcake cookies on a festive holiday plate

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My Favorite Christmas Cookies

One of the ways I make the holidays special is by baking Christmas cookies. I make a few batches each year and these are
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Ruths Chris oyster dressing recipe in a silver serving dish

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Ruth’s Chris Steak House’s Famous Oyster Dressing Recipe

This Ruth's Chris Steak House oyster dressing recipe and story first published on my blog November 17, 2010.
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Small nut tassie tarts filled with nuts on a china plate

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Nut Tassies Recipe

This recipe for nut tassies first appeared on my blogspot blog in December 2010. There are traditions to keep and
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Rows of date candies covered in powdered sugar on a plate

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Crispy Sweet Date Candies Recipe

This story and recipe for date candies first appeared on my blogspot blog December 22, 2010. Anyone else remember
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Chili in a white bowl with a spoon and napkin with red stripes

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Try My Chili Recipe

Chili is not summer food in my house. It's what you get when the cold winds blow and we hunker down in the house,
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Ginger cookies with raspberry jam stacked in a cookie tin

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Ginger Cookies with Raspberry Jam Recipe

This recipe first ran on my blogspot blog February 9, 2010. The Girl Scout cookie boxes arrived, I opened them,
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