Author: cherrypielady7

I am a mother, wife, chef, cooking instructor, andnutrition coach. I love to garden, make wonderful food and share it with others, decorate, create useful things out of old things, and I sing in the shower. Here you will find a wide array of subject matter from recipes to garden ideas and nutrition information for you and your family as well as posts about the places that my husband and I go when we travel. I hope you enjoy what you see and read and that you will post comments when ever you feel moved to do so.

Christmas Goodies

One of my favorite memories from childhood is all of the goodies that were around during Christmas time. When visiting my father’s family, who were from Illinois, we enjoyed magic cookie bars, german chocolate cake, and my Aunt Leones red velvet cake. On the other hand, if we ended up in Alabama, with my mother’s…

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Cornbread

When I was around 25ish I started collecting authentic recipes from everywhere I could. I wanted a collection of the real old south. I have collected them from grandmother’s, aunts, mom’s and friends. This cornbread recipe came from my ex-husbands grandmother one of the best cooks I ever met. On one visit to her home…

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Green Tomatillo Chili

During these cold snowy winter months, it’s always nice to have a pot of chili going to warm you up when you’ve had an especially hard day. Try out this twist on an old favorite. Let me know what you think. I always appreciate feed back. You can also make it in a crock pot….

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Chemicals in Your Cosmetics

Hi there, I am so busy writing papers and doing homework right now, that I am finding it hard to regularly post. I promise I will come back and give you some great recipes and more information soon. But right now I want you to have this very important info that I gathered together and…

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