This has been the way I’ve made potato salad for about 15 years. My family REALLY loves it and it’s the standard to which all others are judged. Am I not so nice to share? The answer is yes. Yes, I am. Classic ingredients like mayo and mustard, onions and celery, bacon, eggs and potatoes …
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Perfect Old Fashioned Potato Salad
Q & A Time
Today it is time for answering some questions. My lifelong, precious-to-my-heart-friend, Melissa (we have been more like sisters since we were 12!!!) asked me a few questions and I figured I’d do my best to answer. But the only way that is fun is if you play along. I mean, I’m not that interesting. So …
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Whack a Mole
Do you ever have weeks that feel like one non-stop game of Whack-a-Mole? You know that thing you play at some loud kids’ pizza or bowling or go-cart place where you use a hammer and try to catch the mole and whack his head every time he pops up in some random spot? He’s relentless. …
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins
Sometimes you need a way to make strawberries stretch to make everyone happy. I know that at my house, when fresh, organic strawberries are in season we have one all-you-can-eat strawberry day and then they start getting rationed. Some for jam, some for strawberry syrup for the year, some for a Strawberry Trifle, and then …
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Love and Learn…
My mother-in-law and I are two very different people. When I first came into the Kirksey family, she both impressed and overwhelmed me. She was a very capable businesswoman, somewhat outspoken, dressed beautifully, carried herself very professionally, loved to shop, and seemed very extroverted. I, on the other hand, was clueless as to who Alison …
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Pistachio Crunch Muffins
These buttery beauties use no artificial colors or flavors or mixes to create a mildly sweet, pleasantly pistachioed, soft and special muffin with a buttery, crunchy streusel topping. Made with maple syrup as a sweetener, they make a guiltless pleasure! If you’re looking for a new flavor, something to enjoy and impress, try these little …
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Daddy’s Day.
It’s a tough one for an awful lot of folks. These Hallmark holidays can feel like dredging up the image of what we all want and not everyone got. We heal, we move on, and then some days are a sucker punch. If today is that to your gut, I will share again, my daddy …
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Aunt Doris’ Baked Beans
I am a sucker for good baked beans. I will forgo the burger for the baked beans. But, I’m sorta picky about how they are made. Everyone has their own version, and different regions of the country seem to have specific baked bean flavors. Savory, BBQ, sweet, with veggies, with meat, straight from the can. …
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Strawberry Shortcake Biscuits
Once a year when strawberries are freshly picked and still warm from the summer sun, we empty our wallets into our friendly local farmer’s cash box and drive home with the gift of bright red berries to make Strawberry Shortcake Biscuits as quickly as humanly possible and have an all-we-can-eat-strawberry shortcake DINNER!! It looks like …
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Amend that.
And here I had just written about the perfect day. Then I accidentally found it. It wasn’t what I thought it would be. Well, not entirely, anyway. But I also found some true beauty I want to share. It all started when someone very close to me spent a perfect day last week on Mackinac …
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