Today is Baked Alaska Day (why in the dead of winter?), Dark Chocolate Day, and my favorite – National Texas Day. There is something about Texas that strikes a cord with most Americans. It’s an attitude, a fierce defiance and independence Americans admire.
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Today is National Hot Chocolate Day. It is also our daughter’s birthday, her 3rd birthday celebrated in Heaven. Happy Birthday Boo!
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We’ve all heard the saying “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” Most of us grew up believing that skipping breakfast was a very bad thing. And that’s probably right, in a way. After all, the word Breakfast means Break Fast.
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It’s Sunday. It’s National Corn Chip Day. It’s also a strange “Season” within the Church. Did you know that the time between the Epiphany (January 6) the beginning of Lent is called Carnival?
Continue reading “Celebrate with Chicken and Sausage Gumbo”A Saint’s Inspiration
Today is the Feast Day of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Of all the saints, he is one of my favorite. It isn’t so much what he did with his life as what he left to the world. His teachings. His writings. Most of all, his inspiration.
Continue reading “A Saint’s Inspiration”Mini Breakfast Meat Frittatas
Today is both National Chocolate Cake Day and a Catholic Friday. Today’s recipe has no connection whatsoever to either of those things. It’s neither a cake nor meatless.
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Did you know that January 26 is National Peanut Brittle Day? Yep, it is. Like so many foods, only the Good Lord knows how Peanut Brittle was first created. Most of us know the brittle is a chemical reaction between melted sugar and baking soda. Oh sure, there’s a bit more involved, but that’s brittle in a nutshell.
Continue reading “Burrito Lasagna Casserole”A Feast of Conversion
God truly is amazing. He sees beyond what we can comprehend. He knew, before the creation of Adam and Eve that people would falter and fail. So it was that He had a plan.
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On a chilly Tuesday night not long ago, my guys came home from a long day at work. It had been a rough one, I could tell. So I let them know margarita glasses were chilling.
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Today is National Pie Day. Everyone is invited to bake their favorite pies. And what pie is typically number one? Apple of course.
Continue reading “Is Garlic Cottage Pie a Pie?”Celebrating Life with Muffins
Sometimes the National Calendar or Secular Holidays or Feast Days of Faith influence which recipes to share. In the greater scheme of things, I’m sure this is a Feast Day for something. After all, there are more saints than there are days in a year.
Continue reading “Celebrating Life with Muffins”A Feast for Our Lady of Altagracia
The Feast Day of Our Lady of Altagracia, the Protector of the hearts of the Dominican People, centers around an image of our Blessed Mother. There are two different stories about the painting. One is boring, and probable the truth. The other requires faith to except.
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As I sit all cozy in my home, cup of coffee in one hand, I take a moment to reflect on this year thus far. And to remember to thank God. Sometimes we say thank you for the little things. Other times we realize just how blessed we truly are.
Continue reading “Seared Sea Scallops with Sizzle”It’s National Popcorn Day – Hooray!
Today is a very important day for my family. My Dad was born ninety years ago today. At least we think so.
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Did you know that wherever you are in Michigan, you are never more than 85 miles from one of the Great Lakes? It’s the only state that touches four of the five Great Lakes. Or that the Kellogg Brothers, who made Battle Creek Michigan the cereal capital of the world, accidentally discovered the process for making corn flake cereal?
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