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Recipes, Baking

Cranberry Pecan Bread Recipe

We are big fans of cranberry orange walnut bread here – and while perusing Pinterest during a recent outpatient procedure recover, I came across this Cranberry Bread recipe that features pecans – another fave – and had to try it.  This was a pretty simple quick bread, and tasty.  I kind of missed the orange […]

Recipes, Baking, Entertaining

Flourless Orange & Almond Cake

I wanted something yummy and fun for Easter Dinner dessert and ran across this cake on Pinterest.  Its pretty simple, but I had to do some finagling to convert it from European Measures to US.  I’ve NEVER heard of making a cake with boiled oranges but this worked well.  The icing sugar on top of […]

tater tot hot dish recipe
Recipes, Budget Friendly, Menu Planning

Tater Tot Hot Dish Recipe

Where I’m from in Northern Minnesota – the “Hot Dish” is a tried and true dinner or potluck staple. Called a “Casserole” in other parts of the country – where I’m from the covered glass dish you put the hot dish IN is called the “casserole.” There are probably 5 million recipes like this one […]