2 cups egg whites
2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup chocolate chips
pinch of salt
Beat egg whites until stiff. Add sugar and salt; fold in vanilla, nuts, and chocolate chips.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. Preheat oven to 350 degrees - then turn offf!
Put cookies into the [...]

There are lots of things that make me weak in the knees - coffee, my 3 daughters laughing, chocolate, my husband’s blue eyes, my cats… but one of my costliest knee weakeners is definitely my obsession with dishes. No matter how many I have, I want more.
This is how bad it is [...]

Gorgeousness! Looks like I’m not the only one feelin’ the Valentine’s Day love. The Paragon has one of the cutest coffee cups I’ve ever laid my eyes or lips on. The Warmhearted Cup and Saucer is a cup of love and would make a very sweet gift for someone you love [...]

1-1/2 pounds ground beef
1 cup cracker crumbs
1 8oz. can tomato sauce
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
Mix all ingredients well. Bake at 350 degrees in a bread pan for 1 hour. If you want, add a little ketchup to the top (down the length of the loaf) [...]

Tonight’s a great night for Food Network addicts. They’ve finally moved on past the extra-healty, fat-free episodes that always come with a New Year. Tonight’s line-up includes Country Fried Steak with Biscuits and Gravy (Paula’s Home Cooking), Smoky Portobello Soup (Paula’s Home Cooking), Red Pepper Cheesecake (Everyday Italian), French Onion Soup (Barefoot Contessa), [...]

One 12 count box of Twinkies
2 large pkgs. instant vanilla pudding
1 large can crushed pineapple, drained
2-3 bananas, sliced
1 large Cool Whip
Nuts, optional

Line a 9×12 inch glass dish with twinkies. Spread pudding on twinkies. Add pineapple, bananas, Cool Whip and nuts in that order…….

The pan above is the
La Forme Star Pan, 6 cup
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Food Network.com’s Top Ten Recipes of 2006:
1. Good Eats Roast Turkey (Alton Brown)
2. Mexican Chicken (Paula Deen)
3. Chicken and Rice Casserole (Paula Deen)
4. Lasagna Rolls (Giada De Laurentiis)
5. Baked French Toast Casserole with Maple Syrup (Paula Deen)
6. [...]

Like I said in the last post, Chili is one of the things I most associate with winter - I absolutely love it! Whether it’s from Steak & Shake or Wendy’s or made at home, I need Chili at least once a week. (Have you ever filled a bowl halfway with Frito corn snacks, followed by a layer of shredded cheddar, and onions, then the rest of the way with Chili? Go there, you won’t regret it!)

The book above calls itself
The Ultimate Chili Cookbook: History, Geography, Fact, and Folklore of Chili
and I can’t dispute any of it………

3 pounds ground beef
1 large onion
1 green pepper
4 Tbs. chili powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 Bay leaf
2 - 15 oz. cans tomato sauce with tomato bits
2 cans undrained kidney beans
2 Tbs. vegetable oil
2 Tbs. flour
1 cup water

Brown meat and drain. Add chopped onion and green peppers, salt, chili powder, sugar, and Bay leaf. Simmer one hour.

Remove Bay leaf. Combine the flour and oil (making a paste), then add the beans and paste to the meat mixture and simmer an additional 30 minutes. Be sure you only simmer the chili - over low heat. Over-cooked chili has a flavor most foul………