Oh my goodness...I am still so full from that wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner. We were so grateful to have some of our family here with us. We had a wonderful day filled with good food and fellowship and for those who could not be with us this year you were in our heart and we missed you! Now we are ready to move past Thanksgiving and on to next week. I don't know about  you but I am ready for a good ole hamburger. We have several friends that will be celebrating Hanukkah this coming week.  We wish all of you a very Happy Hanukkah. Feature Recipe  Wednesday/Hanukkah Brisket andVegetables Served on my Grandmothers Platter Saturday Hamburgers Spicy Home Fry's 3 Bean Bake Link: Three Bean Bake Brownies with Blue Bell Sunday Holiday Covered Dish Dinner At Church I am bringing Cornbread Dressing and Cranberry Salsa Monday Pinto Bean Soup Seasoned Baked Potato Wedges Green Tomato Chow Chow Corn Bread Cherry Cobbler T...

The other day when I was arranging my Thanksgiving decorations I just took a minute to reflect on some of our families Thanksgiving traditions. There are certain decorations that have been around for years and years. My daughter Robbin painted the Pilgrim Man, Woman and Turkey. She was living in Germany for many years and couldn't always come home for holidays so her decorations meant so much to us. During the Gulf Wars we would often times have a family member deployed in the War, we would always set a place for them at the table with a flag in their plate. Thank God we will have no empty plates this year, but my heart goes out to all the families who will...God Bless You. When everyone is finally gathered around the table we each put a dried corn kernel in a Thanksgiving Bowl and tell everyone what we are grateful for this year. When everyone has had a turn to talk then we all hold hands and offer our Thanksgiving prayer to God. One of my favorite scriptures at Thanksgivi...

Hi, come on in, I am in the kitchen. Yes that's right you smell bread cooking. Several people have asked me if I would post the Yeast Dinner Roll recipe that is on my Thanksgiving menu and other menu's from time to time. These Yeast Dinner Rolls have been on our family table for years. This is a great recipe! Yeast Dinner Rolls

It was a beautiful fall day when we recently drove down through the back roads of East Texas to visit our friends Don and Jane.They live in a beautiful gated community near Hawkins, in the deep woods of East Texas. The drive through the woods was very serene and peaceful. We saw many deer along the road side and near the river banks.  The deer are just there along the little paths as if to say, hello there welcome...come on into my world. There is always a certain stillness around a lake this time of the year. All the boat houses and slips are quiet, the picnic area's are empty. Only the little creatures here to watch the majestic brush of nature as she begins to show her autumn colors. Just a pause in the day with special friends to enjoy the beauty that surrounds us and to be grateful for all that God has given us. As we begin to make our way back to our cottage we leave with happy hearts, and a new memory for our book. Our special thanks to long time friends Don and Jane for ...

Several weeks ago I received the Happy 101 Blog Award from Katie at Not Just Decorating. I am honored to accept the award and humbled that she would give it to me. Part of receiving this award is passing it on, so I have waited until the Thanksgiving time to say Thank You to these lovely ladies who have inspired me. The Rules of The Award Post who passed the award on to you Katie   This Chick Cooks at Not Just Decorating List 10 Things That I like  My relationship With God My Husband  My Children  My 12 Grandchildren My 2 Great Grandchildren  My Wonderful Friends My Church Family My Wonderful Community Our Country Cottage  My Blog and Blogger Friends Ten Blogs I Have Been Inspired By Amy Simply Sugar and Gluten Free Robbin Coffee With The Organizer Heather Girlichef Debbi Debbi Does Dinner Healthy Brenda Brenda's Canadian Kitchen   Kitchen Flavours My Cooking Gallery Dalia 7 Ravioli   Holly Beneath The Big Oak Erin EK...

Hello, I am so excited that you could come over today! Come in and sit down with me for a while, let me get us some hot tea. It is really crisp outdoors today. There is always a certain excitement in the air the week of Thanksgiving. Folks getting ready for guest in their homes and others preparing to travel to be with family and friends. We will have some family members here this year to share our Thanksgiving day. We need to get busy with this menu, we will have a lot to do. Our Feature Recipe Turkey Delight Casserole Saturday Broiled Steak Baked Potato Tossed Green Salad Garlic Bread Butternut Custard   Sunday  Baked Honey Ham Roasted Root Vegetables Turnip Greens Cottage :Bread Pumpkin Chiffon Cake    Monday Vegetable Stew Corn Bread Apricot Tart Tuesday Ham and Potato Casserole (made with left over ham from Sunday)  Steamed Broccoli Green Salad Wheat Rolls Cake or Tart (leftover) Wednesday Southwestern Quiche Fruit Salad Ch...

It is such a beautiful day today I am so glad that  you came by to see the Fall Garden. We really enjoy all the winter greens and the bounty of the Fall Garden. Can you believe that we still have wonderful green heirloom tomatoes on the vine and some are still blooming. Heirloom Tomatoes We have beautiful Collard Greens. These same bushes have been producing since early last spring. My friend Amy at Simply Sugar and Gluten Free loves my Collard Greens. I shared my recipe with her and you can get that recipe at this link: Oven Braised Collard Greens Collard Greens The Rainbow Chard is beautiful. We just love it in a great saute with a little extra virgin olive oil and lemon. Rainbow Chard Our Turnip Green's are great. They are headed for the Thanksgiving table. We always have Turnip Green's on the table at Thanksgiving and Christmas. We like to cook them with a little salt pork, chicken broth, salt and pepper and they are so good, and of course you need a slice of hot corn brea...