Leftover Holiday Ham? Make Ham & Bean Soup!

As promised, here’s a nice ham and bean soup recipe for those of you with leftover holiday ham. This is a real basic recipe, so use as a guide rather than a recipe set in stone.  If it’s a honey glazed ham, you’ll notice a slight difference in taste – not exactly sweet but maybe a bit more mellow.  Now if you don’t have leftover … Continue reading Leftover Holiday Ham? Make Ham & Bean Soup!

Thanksgiving Family Favorites

Today, as I do every Thursday morning, the chat with Matt Swaim, Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio, centered around food and its Biblical roots. We talked about Thanksgiving and our favorite foods. Matt shared his roasted Brussels sprouts recipe (check out the Sacred Heart site for that) and Annie is sharing her family’s stuffing (that’s below). For Thanksgiving, now even though fowl/chickens were part of … Continue reading Thanksgiving Family Favorites

Pumpkin Pie 2 Ways!

With all the recipes I could share for Thanksgiving, I didn’t think pumpkin pie would be top of mind with some of you, but I’ve been getting a fair amount of queries so let’s get the pumpkin pie situation under control.  Some questions were about dairy – evaporated or condensed milk? And there were spice questions – can apple pie spice be used?  First, pumpkin … Continue reading Pumpkin Pie 2 Ways!